A Person with a Damaged Visual Association Area May Be

Question

A person with a damaged visual association area may be
A) unable to see rows of letters.
B) declared legally blind.
C) unable to recognize letters but able to identify whole words and their meanings.
D) able to see letters but unable to associate them into words.
E) unable to understand spoken words.

Accepted Answer

The visual association area is crucial for integrating visual information and linking it with stored knowledge, which includes the ability to associate letters into words. Damage to this area can impair the ability to synthesize visual components (like letters) into coherent wholes (like words), even though the individual letters can still be seen.