Autotopagnosia

Autotopagnosia is a form of agnosia in which a person is unable to localize and correctly orient the different parts of their own body, and often also has difficulty pointing out body parts on other people or in diagrams, which is why some researchers prefer the more precise name somatotopagnosia. It typically results from a lesion in the left parietal lobe, though widespread brain damage can produce similar symptoms, and errors typically take one of two forms: pointing to a body part merely near the one asked for, or pointing to one that is only semantically related to it. First described by Arnold Pick in 1908, well-documented cases remained scarce until the 1980s, and some researchers have questioned whether the condition is truly specific to the body or partly reflects a broader language-naming deficit. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/