“Reflection on The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat” As I read through this first “clinical tale”, I was really interested by the patient and his characteristics. Being a musical instructor is fascinating all on its own, but also having both visual agnosia and prosopagnosia (facial agnosia), I was really impressed that his quality of living could remain intact. The fact that he could continue teaching with the difficulties agnosia brings is impressive. It was fascinating that the patient was able to continue on with daily functions through the use of music. Which led me to think that his temporal lobe must have been more active than most peoples to try and compensate for what was possibly was not happening in his occipital lobe.
Dr. Sacks
Dr. Sacks