He could not distinguish his foot from a shoe, or his wife's head from his hat. He had no problems with abstract forms, and could describe objects in great detail, but couldn't make the connection of the description with the function of an item with anything more than vague approximations. It turned out that while his vision was fine he had damage to his right hemisphere that prevented him from processing this information correctly. The man did not feel that it was a problem, but his friends and wife had convinced him otherwise. Sacks because he seemed to be confusing people and objects. This is Oliver Sacks' best known work, and for good reason. ISBN 1-9.Ī good, weird, non-fiction book about neurology. Summit Books, Simon & Schuster, Inc., 1985. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks.
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