HISTNEUR-L: The History of Neuroscience Internet Forum

Re: Agnosia

• Date:   Tue, 17 Feb 2004 08:33:59 +1100
• To:   histneur-l@library.ucla.edu
• From:   Malcolm Bruce Macmillan <macadab@deakin.edu.au>
• Subject:   Re: Agnosia
• Message-ID:   5.1.1.5.2.20040217081652.00b01720@mail.deakin.edu.au

Dear All,

Sorry if my question was not clear, but I wasn't after the meaning of the word agnosia. 
Let me clarify things: Was the term agnosia introduced into neuroscience by Freud in 
1891? If it was, why does Marianne Jackson translate the word 'Seelenblindheit' in 
Lissauer's 1890 paper as 'visual agnosia'?

Thanks to Guenter Kraemer for the following: after agreeing that Freud introduced the 
term, he sums it up nicely "In the earlier paper of Lissauer ... visual agnosia had 
been described but not given that name." My thanks also to to Plinio Prioreschi and 
Yves De Smet.

Cheers,
Malcolm Macmillan 
School of Psychology 
Deakin University
Tel: + 61 3 9244 6846
Fax: + 61 3 9244 6858
E-mail: m.macmillan@deakin.edu.au