Author Question: Which of the following is true of cerebral achromatopsia? a. It is produced by unilateral damage ... (Read 51 times)

laurencescou · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Which of the following is true of cerebral achromatopsia?

a. It is produced by unilateral damage to the medial frontal lobe.
b. The blindness is complete for object form as well as object color.
c. The condition impairs current color perception, but not color recall.
d. It is produced by bilateral damage to the medial occipital lobe.
e. It is caused by damage to the ganglion cells connected to rods.

Question 2

The primary deficit noted in cerebral achromatopsia refers to

a. a difficulty in scanning the visual scene.
b. a symptom of Balint's syndrome.
c. a loss of color vision.
d. seeing the world as shades of red and green.
e. seeing the world as shades of one color.

tashiedavis420 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: d. It is produced by bilateral damage to the medial occipital lobe.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: c. a loss of color vision.