Riddoch syndrome
| Riddoch syndrome | |
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| Specialty | Ophthalmology |
Riddoch syndrome (also known as the Riddoch phenomenon) is a form of visual impairment often caused by lesions in the occipital lobe which limit the sufferer's ability to distinguish objects. Only moving objects in the scotoma are visible, static ones being invisible to the patient.[1] The moving objects are not perceived to have color or detail. The subject may only have awareness of the movement without visual perception of it (gnosanopsia),[2] or the general shape of a moving object may be perceivable as a shadow like outline.[3] The syndrome is named after George Riddoch who had been a temporary officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps and examined soldiers who were blinded by gunshot wounds to their brains.[2]
At least one patient was able to use a rocking chair—putting non-moving surroundings in relative motion to her head—to improve her motion perception. She eventually was able to do the same with just voluntary movement of her head.[3]
See also
- Blindsight – Visual response in some blind people
- Visual agnosia – Impairment in recognition of visually presented objects
References
- ^ Riddoch, George (1917). "Dissociation of visual perceptions due to occipital injuries, with especial reference to appreciation of movement". Brain. 40 (1). Oxford University Press: 15–57. doi:10.1093/brain/40.1.15.
- ^ a b Zeki, Semir; ffytche, Dominic H. (1998). "The Riddoch syndrome: insights into the neurobiology of conscious vision". Brain. 121 (1). Oxford University Press: 25–45. doi:10.1093/brain/121.1.25. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ a b All Things Considered. 26 May 2014. NPR. WAMU.
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