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Visual agnosia with bilateral temporo‐occipital brain lesions in a child with autistic disorder: a case study
Author(s) -
Mottron Laurent,
Mineau Susanne,
Décarie JeanClaude,
Jambaqué Isabelle
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
developmental medicine and child neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.658
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1469-8749
pISSN - 0012-1622
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1997.tb07367.x
Subject(s) - visual agnosia , agnosia , encephalomalacia , psychology , occipital lobe , audiology , medicine , cognitive psychology , neuroscience , pathology , perception
A 2‐year‐old boy meeting the criteria for autistic disorder was diagnosed 2 years later with a visual agnosia characterised by a combination of certain aspects of associative and apperceptive agnosia. MRI then revealed a severe encephalomalacia of the right temporal lobe and bilateral temporo‐occipital areas. This association is discussed in terms of a clinical and aetiological relation between autistic disorder and visual agnosia.