Define the following terms as they relate to symptoms of various neurological conditions: alexia without agraphia, anterograde amnesia, confabulation, anosognosia, Capgras syndrome, and simultanagnosia.
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Alexia without agraphia: Refers to the inability to read while retaining the ability to writeAnterograde amnesia: a loss of memory for events that occur after a brain injury (often contrasted with retrograde amnesia)Confabulation: A characteristic of some neuropsychological disorders in which patients report false memoriesAnosognosia: Refers to a condition where a person has some sort of symptoms of a disease, but is unaware of their own symptoms. Literally translated means "an absence of knowledge of disease." Capgras syndrome: A perceptual disturbance in which a person believes that another individual who should be familiar has been replaced by an imposter.Simultanagnosia: A person is able to see part of a visual scene but is unable to appreciate the whole scene at once.
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