Failure to recognise objects by active touch (astereognosia) results from lesion of parietal-cortex representation of finger kinaesthesis

Authors
Tomberg, C Desmedt, JE
Citation
C. Tomberg et Je. Desmedt, Failure to recognise objects by active touch (astereognosia) results from lesion of parietal-cortex representation of finger kinaesthesis, LANCET, 354(9176), 1999, pp. 393-394
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine","Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
LANCET
ISSN journal
01406736 → ACNP
Volume
354
Issue
9176
Year of publication
1999
Pages
393 - 394
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-6736(19990731)354:9176<393:FTROBA>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
The inability to identify objects by manipulation with eyes closed (astereo gnosia) results from a focal cortical lesion of the second order parietal a rea 2, which integrates inputs from finger joints with tactile information.