A principal higher-order deficit associated with occipital lobe damage. The patients are unable to read at all and, curiously, often have a color anomia, but able to write.

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A principal “higher-order” deficit associated with occipital lobe damage. The patients are unable to read at all and, curiously, often have a color anomia, but able to write.

A	Agraphiaxia
B	Alexia w/o Agraphia
C	Conduction Aphasia
D	Visual agnosia

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Anomia refers to the persistent inability to find the correct word and it’s a typical symptom of aphasia. Anomic aphasia in particular causes difficulty with word retrieval, usually nouns and verbs. Individuals with anomic aphasia can usually describe the function of an object but not the name.

Detailed explanation-2: -Logopenic Primary Progressive Aphasia (lvPPA) Degeneration of the angular gyrus in the temporal lobe and inferior parietal lobe can lead to lvPPA. Typical symptoms include slowed speech with normal articulation, impaired comprehension of sentence syntax as well as impaired naming of things.

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