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Constructional apraxia is a neurological disorder in which people are unable to perform tasks or movements even though they understand the task, are willing to complete it, and have the physical ability to perform the movements. [1] It is characterized by an inability or difficulty to build, assemble, or draw objects.
For example, if sleep paralysis is feared in a certain culture, this fear could lead to conditioned fear, and thus worsen the experience, in turn leading to higher rates. [ 9 ] [ 37 ] Consistent with this idea, high rates and long durations of immobility during sleep paralysis have been found in Egypt, where there are elaborate beliefs about ...
However, not all observable restless motion is akathisia. For example, while mania, agitated depression, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder may present like akathisia, movements resulting from them feel voluntary, rather than being due to restlessness. [17]
Akinetopsia (from Greek akinesia 'absence of movement' and opsis 'seeing'), [1] also known as cerebral akinetopsia or motion blindness, is a term introduced by Semir Zeki to describe an extremely rare neuropsychological disorder, having only been documented in a handful of medical cases, in which a patient cannot perceive motion in their visual field, despite being able to see stationary ...
At the beginning of Don't Move, Iris is injected with a paralytic agent that takes full effect after 20 minutes and leaves her unable to move or speak for an hour.Asbille was tasked with a nearly ...
Ideational apraxia is a condition in which an individual is unable to plan movements related to interaction with objects, because they have lost the perception of the object's purpose. [2] Characteristics of this disorder include a disturbance in the concept of the sequential organization of voluntary actions.
Tiger Woods entered the third round of the PGA Championship on Saturday knowing he needed something special to get himself into contention but instead misfired off the tee, struggled on the greens ...
Aboulomania (from Greek a– 'without' and boulē 'will') [1] is a mental disorder in which the patient displays pathological indecisiveness. [2] [3] The term was created in 1883 by the neurologist William Alexander Hammond, who defined it as: ‘a form of insanity characterised by an inertness, torpor, or paralysis of the will’.