HISTNEUR-L: The History of Neuroscience Internet Forum

Re: Agnosia

• Date:   Sun, 15 Feb 2004 17:33:22 -0600
• To:   histneur-l@library.ucla.edu
• From:   Plinio Prioreschi <plinio@creighton.edu>
• Subject:   Re: Agnosia
• Message-ID:   CDEDJHCKAMKKPEHKGJFEEEJHCBAA.plinio@creighton.edu

"Agnosia," from "a" and "gnosis" (knowledge) literally means "lack of knowledge" 
and was used by Hippocrates in this sense. Now it is used as meaning the loss of 
the capacity to recognize the significance of sensory stimuli. Therefore the varieties 
distinguished are: auditory, visual, olfactory, gustatory and tactile. 

Plinio Prioreschi, MD, PhD