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Autotopoagnoziya

Autotopoagnoziya (autotopoagnosia; Greek autos – own, the same + Greek topos – situation, the place + and - – otritsa. Greek gnosis – cognition is frequent +) – the type of agnosia, consists in disturbance of recognition of parts of own body; it is observed against the background of defeat of a subdominant cerebral hemisphere.

 
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