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Sensory Agnosia:

Loss of the ability to comprehend the meaning or recognize the importance of various forms of stimulation that cannot be attributed to impairment of a primary sensory modality. Tactile agnosia is characterized by an inability to perceive the shape and nature of an object by touch alone, despite unimpaired sensation to light touch, position, and other primary sensory modalities.

Synonym: visuospatial agnosia, visual agnosia, topographical agnosia, time agnosia, tactile agnosia, somatosensory agnosia, position agnosia, olfactory agnosia, ideational agnosia, finger agnosia, developmental agnosia, congenital auditory agnosia, body-image agnosia, auditory agnosia, agnosias, agnosia for temperature, agnosia for taste, agnosia for smell, agnosia for pain, agnosia, visual disorientation syndrome, visual agnosias, visual agnosia for objects.