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The
inability
to execute a skilled or learned motor act, such as
opening
a
child-proof bottle
. It is not related to
paralysis
or lack of comprehension, but by a
cortical
lesion
that prevents repetition at the
hardware level
. This is a symptom found in sufferers of
Alzheimer's disease
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Greek
for "inability to act".
Apraxia is a
disturbance
in organisation of
voluntary
action, caused by a
lesion
in the frontal
association area
.
Symptom
s do not typically include any weakness or
sensory loss
, and simple movements can be made.
Sufferers of apraxia are unable to perform
complex
acts involving sequences of
muscle
contraction or planned
strategy
, such as combing hair.
Other disorders of
cortical
association areas include
agnosia
,
unilateral hemi-neglect
,
aphasia
, and
alexia
.
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