Anosognosia

Anosognosia is a condition, caused by brain damage, in which a person with a disability is unaware of or denies having it. First described by the neurologist Joseph Babinski in 1914 in stroke patients who denied being paralyzed on one side of their body, it most often follows damage to the parietal lobe or to the wider fronto-temporo-parietal network of the right hemisphere. Unlike ordinary psychological denial, anosognosia is a direct neurological consequence of the underlying brain injury itself, and it can seriously hinder recovery because a patient who does not believe anything is wrong has little reason to cooperate with treatment or rehabilitation. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/