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Anosognosia

Anosognosia (anosognosia; and - – otritsa. Greek nosos – a disease + is frequent + gnosis – knowledge, cognition; synonyms: Anton-Babinsky a syndrome, Anton a symptom) – lack of critical evaluation of the defect (decrease in sight, paralysis, hearing etc.). The anosognosia is preferential observed at defeats of the right parietal lobe of a brain.

 
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