A Key Difference Between Visual Agnosia and Pure Alexia Is

question 89

Multiple Choice

A key difference between visual agnosia and pure alexia is that

• A) a person with visual agnosia can still read.
• B) alexia disrupts spelling but not reading.
• C) pure alexia impairs the ability to recognize objects.
• D) a person with visual agnosia is unable to read.
• E) pure alexia impairs the ability to name objects.

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Definitions:

Acquired Adaptation

The process of developing new characteristics or abilities in response to changes in the environment after birth, not through genetic inheritance.

Mental Representation

The internal depiction of information in the mind, such as images, words, or concepts.

Object Permanence

The understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen, heard, or otherwise sensed, a concept that develops in infancy.

Conservation

In cognitive development, the understanding that certain properties of objects remain the same, despite changes in the object's appearance.