Less impairment in face imagery than face perception in early prosopagnosia

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 421-441

  Michelon, Pascale ^a   Biederman, Irving ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apperceptive prosopagnosia; Visual mental imagery; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR VISION; EMOTION; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PROSOPAGNOSIA; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; PROSOPAGNOSIA; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0037251335     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(02)00176-8     Document Type: Article

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