Anton-Babinski syndrome

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Anton-Babinski syndrome, more frequently known as Anton's blindness, is a rare symptom of brain damage occurring in the occipital lobe. People who suffer from it are blind, but affirm, often quite adamantly and in the face of clear evidence of their blindness, that they are capable of seeing. Failure to see is dismissed by the sufferer through confabulation. It is mostly seen following a stroke, but may also be seen after head injury.

This condition is named after Gabriel Anton and Joseph Babinski.

[edit] See also

• Cortical blindness