Individuals who suffer from medial temporal lobe damage have a difficult time recalling visual stimuli. This neurotransmission deficit is not due to lacking perception of visual stimuli, but rather to the inability to interpret what is perceived.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Pertzov,Y.,|first=Yoni |last2=Miller,T.|first2=Thomas D., |last3=Gorgoraptis,N.,|first3=Nikos |last4=Caine,D.,|first4=Diana |last5=Schott,J.|first5=Jonathan M., |last6=Butler,C., &|first6=Chris |last7=Husain,M.|first7=Masud (|date=2013).-08 "|title=Binding deficits in memory following medial temporal lobe damage in patients with voltage-gated potassium channel complex antibody-associated limbic encephalitis" |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23757763/ ''|journal=Brain: A Journal of Neurology'', |volume=136( |issue=Pt 8), |pages=2474–2485 |doi=10.1093/brain/awt129 |issn=1460-2156 |pmc=3722347 |pmid=23757763}}</ref> The most common symptom of inferior temporal lobe damage is [[visual agnosia]], which involves impairment in the identification of familiar objects. Another less common type of inferior temporal lobe damage is [[prosopagnosia]] which is an impairment in the recognition of faces and distinction of unique individual facial features.<ref name="pmid19938677">{{cite journal | vauthors = Mizuno T, Takeda K | title = [The symptomatology of frontal and temporal lobe damages] | language = Japanese | journal = Brain and Nerve = Shinkei Kenkyu No Shinpo | volume = 61 | issue = 11 | pages = 1209–18 | date = November 2009 | pmid = 19938677 | doi = }}</ref>
Damage specifically to the anterior portion of the left temporal lobe can cause [[savant syndrome]].<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Treffert DA | title = The savant syndrome: an extraordinary condition. A synopsis: past, present, future | journal = Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences | volume = 364 | issue = 1522 | pages = 1351–1357 | date = May 2009 | pmid = 19528017 | pmc = 2677584 | doi = 10.1098/rstb.2008.0326 }}</ref>