TOPOGRAPHICAL DISORIENTATION

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N., Pam M.S.
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a disorder of spatial visualization stemming from lesions within the cerebral cortex. It is demonstrated by trouble or incapacity to remember the ordering of rooms within a house or the furniture within a room of a house wherein the person resides. Individuals with this condition additionally might not be able to remember or depict the location of landmarks or other items within their neighborhoods.

TOPOGRAPHICAL DISORIENTATION: "The patient is suffering from topographical disorientation."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. VEGETATIVE STATE
  2. PLANUM TEMPORALE
  3. CORTICAL LAYERS
  4. VISUAL ASSOCIATION CORTEX
  5. NEOCORTEX
  6. GRANULAR CORTEX
  7. PALEOCORTEX
  8. CORTICAL CENTER
  9. EXTRASTRIATE VISUAL AREAS
  10. WATERSHED ZONE
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "TOPOGRAPHICAL DISORIENTATION," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 29, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/topographical-disorientation/ (accessed August 18, 2019).
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