Gerstmann’s syndrome is due to involvement of
Correct Answer: Left parietal lobe
Description: (B) Left parietal lobe # GERSTMANN SYNDROME: Combination of acalculia (impairment of simple arithmetic), dysgraphia (impaired writing), finger anomia (inability to name individual fingers as the index or thumb) & right-left confusion (inability to tell when a hand, foot or arm of the patient or examiner is on the right or left side of the body).> When this syndrome is in isolation, it is commonly associated with damage to the inferior parietal lobule (especially the angular gyrus) in the left hemisphere.
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