Diseases

Perceptual Disorders

Cognitive disorders characterized by an impaired ability to perceive the nature of objects or concepts through use of the sense organs. These include spatial neglect syndromes, where an individual does not attend to visual, auditory, or sensory stimuli presented from one side of the body.

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Abstract

Cognitive disorders characterized by an impaired ability to perceive the nature of objects or concepts through use of the sense organs. These include spatial neglect syndromes, where an individual does not attend to visual, auditory, or sensory stimuli presented from one side of the body.

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15 entry terms
  • Perceptual Disorder
  • Hemisensory Neglect
  • Hemispatial Neglect
  • Sensory Neglect
  • Somatosensory Discrimination Disorder
  • Discrimination Disorder, Somatosensory
  • Discrimination Disorders, Somatosensory
  • Hemisensory Neglects
  • Hemispatial Neglects
  • Neglect, Hemisensory
  • Neglect, Hemispatial
  • Neglect, Sensory
  • Neglects, Hemisensory
  • Sensory Neglects
  • Somatosensory Discrimination Disorders

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.

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History Note

1969

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Previous Indexing

  • Agnosia (1966-1968)
  • Hallucinations (1966-1968)
  • Illusions (1966-1968)
  • Perception (1966-1968)
  • Phantom Limb (1966-1968)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Perceptual Disorders. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010468. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010468
  2. Perceptual Disorders. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42247489