Ourwebsiteusescookiestoenhanceyourexperience.Bycontinuingtouseoursite,orclicking"Continue,"youareagreeingtoourCookiePolicy | Continue[SkiptoNavigation]TwitterFacebookEmailMoreThisIssueDownloadPDFFullTextShareTwitterFacebookEmailLinkedInCiteThisPermissionsOtherAugust 1941ANOSOGNOSIAANDAUTOTOPAGNOSIAClarenceW.Olsen,M.D.;CarlRuby,M.D.AuthorAffiliationsLosAngelesArchNeurPsych.1941;46(2):340-344.doi:10.1001/archneurpsyc.1941.02280200146008visualabstracticonVisualAbstracteditorialcommenticonEditorialCommentrelatedarticlesiconRelatedArticlesauthorinterviewiconInterviewsmultimediaiconMultimediaFullTextAbstractThesyndromeofunawarenessofhemiplegiadescribedbyBabinskiunderthenameanosognosiahasbeenshownbyBarkman1tooccurinconnectionwithalesionoftherightthalamus.VonHagenandIves2recentlyreported2casesinwhichthesyndromewaspresentandinwhichautopsydemonstratedalesionnotinthethalamusbutsosituatedastocutofftheconnectionsbetweenthethalamusandtheentirecerebralcortexexcept,perhaps,theoccipitalpole.Ineithercaseitwouldseemthatthelesionwascapableofproducingbothhemiplegiaandhemianesthesia.Inthecasetobereportedherethepatient,whohadhemiplegiawithcruraldominancefromsofteningoftheparacentrallobule,failedtorecognizeherparalysisowingtoalesionaffectingthetemporoparietalcortexonthesameside.REPORTOFACASE Schoolteacher,woman,aged67,withdiabetesmellitus,arterialhypertensionandrecentdifficultyinFullTextDownloadPDFFullTextCiteThisCitationOlsenCW,RubyC.ANOSOGNOSIAANDAUTOTOPAGNOSIA.ArchNeurPsych.1941;46(2):340–344.doi:10.1001/archneurpsyc.1941.02280200146008Downloadcitationfile:Ris(Zotero)EndNoteBibTexMedlarsProCiteRefWorksReferenceManagerMendeley©2021PermissionsOthersAlsoLikedSelectYourInterestsCustomizeyourJAMANetworkexperiencebyselectingoneormoretopicsfromthelistbelow.AcidBase,Electrolytes,FluidsAddictionMedicineAllergyandClinicalImmunologyAnesthesiologyAnticoagulationArtandImagesinPsychiatryBleedingandTransfusionCardiologyCaringfortheCriticallyIllPatientChallengesinClinicalElectrocardiographyClinicalChal