Card 6 / 54: Sacks describes a man who claims that he has a severed human leg in his bed when it is actually his own leg. If this patient is like those described by Ramachandran in his studies of similar anosagnosic patients, Sacks would have found which ONE of these with this patient?
A)
the patient would use that leg for practical purposes
B)
the patient would agree that it is his leg if offered money
C)
the patient would agree that it is his own leg if cold water is placed in his left ear
D)
the patient would agree that he himself has a problem with his own left leg
Answer:
C) the patient would agree that it is his own leg if cold water is placed in his left ear
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Prof.John GabrieliNeuroscientist
MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology
USA
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