A patient demonstrates difficulty pouring liquid from a red cup into a green bowl.The therapist determines the deficit is ideomotor apraxia when the patient

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Ideomotor apraxia is a deficit in translating an idea into a motor action. Difficulty in the motor action of pouring liquid from a cup to a bowl suggests that the patient may have trouble with the ideomotor planning and execution of the movement required for this task. Specifically, if the patient cannot tip the cup to pour the liquid, it suggests impairment in the ideomotor planning of this action. The other options are not related to ideomotor apraxia but suggest deficits in spatial awareness, visual perception, or motor planning.

A Patient Demonstrates Difficulty Pouring Liquid from a Red Cup