Is face recognition 'special'? Evidence from neuropsychology

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 181-189

  Farah, Martha J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Face recognition; Neuropsychologial dissociations; Object recognition

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURY; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 0029866661     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-4328(95)00198-0     Document Type: Article

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