As a neurologist, you have a patient with prosopagnosia, and the patient has also lost the ability to read. Which of the following are you LEAST likely to report after examining this patient?
A)Patient shows signs of a lesion in the inferior parietal lobe.
B)Patient shows signs of a lesion in the ventral pathway.
C)Patient is able to identify an individual when hearing the individual's voice.
D)Patient demonstrates impaired object perception.

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Prosopagnosia, or face blindness, and the inability to read (alexia) are often associated with damage to the fusiform gyrus in the ventral pathway of the brain, not the inferior parietal lobe. The inferior parietal lobe is more involved in aspects of spatial awareness and attention rather than face recognition or reading. Patients with prosopagnosia can typically still recognize individuals by their voice, indicating that the auditory processing and memory systems are intact. Impaired object perception could be related to issues in the ventral pathway, which is involved in object recognition, but this is not directly related to the inferior parietal lobe.

As a Neurologist, You Have a Patient with Prosopagnosia, and the Patient