After head trauma, an athlete cannot recognize his teammates' faces, but he can recognize them by their voices and other body features.This particular agnosia is most likely the result of damage to association areas of the
A) occipital lobe.
B) visual cortex.
C) temporal lobe.
D) motor cortex.
E) frontal lobe.

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Agnosia is a disorder of sensory recognition or perception. In this case, the athlete cannot recognize his teammates' faces, which suggests damage to the fusiform gyrus in the temporal lobe responsible for facial recognition. However, he can still recognize them by their voices and other body features, indicating that other regions of the brain are intact, such as the auditory cortex for voice recognition and somatosensory cortex for body perception. Damage to the occipital lobe (A) or visual cortex (B) would result in visual deficits rather than agnosia. Damage to the motor cortex (D) or frontal lobe (E) would not affect sensory recognition.

After Head Trauma, an Athlete Cannot Recognize His Teammates' Faces