TY - JOUR T1 - Separate visual pathways for perception of actions and objects: evidence from a case of apperceptive agnosia JF - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry JO - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry SP - 382 LP - 385 DO - 10.1136/jnnp.65.3.382 VL - 65 IS - 3 AU - Carla Teixeira Ferreira AU - Mathieu Ceccaldi AU - Bernard Giusiano AU - Michel Poncet Y1 - 1998/09/01 UR - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/65/3/382.abstract N2 - Recognition of different kinds of visual stimuli was studied in a patient who acquired apperceptive visual agnosia after a bilateral occipitotemporal lesion which partially spared the primary visual cortex. Impairment in recognising static objects perceived visually sharply contrasts with the relatively well preserved ability to recognise objects from gestures illustrating their use, and to recognise actions shown in line drawings. It is suggested that the occipitoparieto-frontal pathway is involved in the recognition of actions, and in the recognition of objects when sensorimotor experience is evoked. ER -