Schmuel looks at a camera and says “That's a thing used to take pictures.” When he holds it, he still cannot name it. When asked, “What do you call those objects people hold and then push a button to take a snapshot?” he says, “Well, it's the same as that thing you just showed me.” Schmuel has a condition known as ____
a. ?anomia
b. ?visual agnosia
c. ?simultanagnosia
d. ?prosopagnosia
ANSWER:
a
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