Anton syndrome
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anton-syndrome-175-1768862
title:
Anton syndrome
text:
Anton syndrome, also known as Anton-Babinski syndrome and visual anosognosia, is a rare symptom of brain damage occurring in the occipital lobe. Those who have it are cortically blind, but affirm, often quite adamantly and in the face of clear evidence of their blindness, that they are capable of seeing. Failing to accept being blind, people with Anton syndrome dismiss evidence of their condition and employ confabulation to fill in the missing sensory input. It is named after the neurologist Gab
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Rare symptom of brain damage where those affected deny being blind
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_syndrome
date created:
2009-02-16T00:25:54Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T01:48:38Z
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