A patient has no problem recognizing his family members but struggles to recognize familiar landscapes, such as a street in his neighborhood.Which diagnosis is most likely?
A)object agnosia
B)prosopagnosia
C)extrastriate agnosia
D)topographic agnosia

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The patient's difficulty recognizing familiar landscapes, such as a street in his neighborhood, suggests a problem with topographic agnosia, which is the inability to recognize places or navigate through familiar environments. Option A, object agnosia, refers to the inability to recognize objects, and option C, extrastriate agnosia, refers to a broader category of visual agnosia that impairs the recognition of various shapes, colors, and patterns. Option B, prosopagnosia, is the specific deficit in recognizing faces.

A Patient Has No Problem Recognizing His Family Members but Struggles