Self Diagnosis

Agnosia is loss of the ability to associate objects with their usual role or function. Agnosia is relatively rare. Agnosia is caused by dysfunction in the parietal, temporal, or occipital lobes of the brain, where memories of the uses and importance of familiar objects, sights, and sounds are stored. Agnosia often develops suddenly after a head injury or stroke.Symptoms vary depending on the lobe that is damaged:If the Occipital lobe is effected: People cannot recognize common objects, such as a spoon or a pencil, even though they can see these things. This impairment is called visual agnosia.Some people with agnosia improve or recover spontaneously. Others must learn to cope with their strange disability. No specific treatment exists.

My first day of college courses was only mildly successful. Maybe next time I'll remember to add a pencil and/or paper(s) to my back pack before racing out the door....I think there is a pencil laying next to an uncompleted exercises on the importance of the Endocrine System but it may just be a flare-up of my visual agnosia due to the complete brain fry currently in progress. I know how to be a good student, I just have to remind my brain cells.