![]() He uses a good example to illustrate this: a person with visual agnosia could perfectly see a spoon, but fail to recognize it as a spoon unless they touch it. Sacks (1985) describes agnosia as the inability to recognize visual patterns and to interpret visual information due to either a tumor, injury, or some blockage impacting the optical lobe in the brain. ![]() Sacks’ use of explanation and examples help the reader understand Agnosia. P did not interact with the world visually any longer, and would instead interact mostly by ear. As the author develops the text, he shows that Mr. P is a music teacher, and often finds himself doing everything to music. P’s optical lobe is severely damaged and is deteriorating as the years pass. P’s troubles were not in the eye, but in the brain as Sacks (1985) discovers that Mr. ![]() These “mistakes” consisted of confusing his foot for a shoe, Sacks for a grandfather clock, and his own wife for a hat. P complaining about having trouble seeing as well as making “mistakes”. The man who mistook his wife for a hat and other clinical tales. ![]()
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