Graphesthesia

Graphesthesia

Graphesthesia is the ability to identify numbers or letters written or traced on the skin, first described by Head in 1920. Loss of this ability (agraphesthesia, dysgraphesthesia, or graphanesthesia; sometimes referred to as agraphognosia) is typically observed with parietal lobe lesions, for example in conditions such as corticobasal degeneration. Such a cortical sensory syndrome may also cause astereognosis and impaired two-point discrimination.

Cross References

Agraphesthesia; Astereognosis; Two-point discrimination