When Her Telephone Rings, a Patient Who Has Been Diagnosed

question 12

Multiple Choice

When her telephone rings, a patient who has been diagnosed with visual object agnosia immediately picks up the receiver and answers it correctly. Why doesn't this person show any signs of an object recognition deficit in this scenario?

• A)The patient can still recognize extremely familiar objects, such as her own belongings.
• B)The patient is impaired only in the recognition of faces, not other classes of objects.
• C)The patient can use the sound of the ringing telephone to cue its recognition.
• D)The patient can recognize objects as long as they remain stationary.

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