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Glossary for Nielsen-Jacobs syndrome

  • Agnosia: Agnosia is a loss of ability to recognize objects, persons, sounds, shapes, or smells while the specific sense is not defective nor is there any significant memory loss.
  • Apathy: When an individual has a lack of feeling and emotion
  • Aphasia: Language difficulty usually from brain damage or stroke.
  • Apraxia: A neurological disorder where the sufferer is unable to perform familiar actions such as tying shoelaces even though they understand the action required.
  • Inability to speak: Inability to speak (mutism)


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