The Balint syndrome is characterised by:
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simultanagnosia (inability to perceive more than one object at a time)
- optic ataxia
- oculomotor apraxia
It typically results from damage to the parieto-occipital regions, and has been associated with 1-3:
- 1. Mendez MF. Corticobasal ganglionic degeneration with Balint's syndrome. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2000;12 (2): 273-5. doi:10.1176/appi.neuropsych.12.2.273 - Pubmed citation
- 2. Perez FM, Tunkel RS, Lachmann EA et-al. Balint's syndrome arising from bilateral posterior cortical atrophy or infarction: rehabilitation strategies and their limitation. Disabil Rehabil. 1996;18 (6): 300-4. - Pubmed citation
- 3. Bernard Croisile "Benson's syndrome or Posterior Cortical Atrophy" September 2004, Orphanet full text pdf