Updated June 09, 2015.
Question: What Is Balint Syndrome?
Answer:
Balint syndrome is a group of three symptoms which come together as a result of a stroke at the border of the parietal and the occipital lobes of the brain. The symptoms of Balint syndrome are:
- Inability to voluntarily look around in space
- Inability to grab an object while one is looking at the object, due to a discoordination of eye and hand movements
- A tendency to only see one object in the visual field at one time.
Source:
Allan Ropper and Robert Brown, Adam's and Victor's Principles of Neurology, 8th Edition McGraw-Hill Companies Inc, United States of America, 2005, pp 417-430.
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