Agnosia is caused by lesion of: (A) Representative hemisphere, left, (B) Categorial hemisphere, left, (C) Representative hemisphere, right, (D) Categorial hemisphere, right
Answer is C. Agnosia is the general term used for inability to recognise objects by a paicular sensory modality even though the sensory modality itself is intact. Lesions producing these defects are in parietal lobe especially when they are in the representational hemisphere. Ref:Ganongs Review of medical physiology;23 rd edition ; pg :296