Etymology

Bálint's syndrome

Today it means: A triad of severe neuropsychological impairments: simultanagnosia, oculomotor apraxia, and optic ataxia. Full definition →

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The story

Named in 1909 for the Austro-Hungarian neurologist Rezső Bálint, who first identified it.

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