As a concept, autotopagnosia has been criticized as nonspecific; some claim that this is a manifestation of a greater symptomatic complex of anomia, marked by an inability to name things in general—not just parts of the human body.
Autotopagnosia has been criticized for being too broad; some believe it represents a more comprehensive condition known as anomia, which involves difficulties in naming things generally rather than specifically related to body parts.