Pure word blindness is seen due to the lesion at?
Correct Answer: Splenium of corpus callosum
Description: Pure word blindness Referred to as alexia without agraphia. These patients cannot read but are able to write dictation. Occurs due to damage to pathways converging from occipital coex to splenium of corpus callosum. Pure word deafness occurs due to a lesion in left superior temporal gyrus.
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