Detailed exploration of face-related processing in congenital prosopagnosia: 1. Behavioral findings

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1130-1149

  Behrmann, Marlene ^a   Avidan, Galia ^a   Marotta, Jonathan J ^b   Kimchi, Rutie ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSOPAGNOSIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROSOPAGNOSIA; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 22944489915     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/0898929054475154     Document Type: Article

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