He can tell which master craftsman blew a Venetian vase, but he can not name the Pope: A patient with a selective difficulty in naming faces

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 352, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-75

  Semenza, Carlo ^a   Sartori, Giuseppe ^a   D'Andrea, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anomia; Difficulty in naming faces; Prosopoanomia vs prosopoagnosia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLLOID CYST; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSOPAGNOSIA; PROSOPANOMIA; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0242459152     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2003.08.027     Document Type: Article

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