Associative (prosop)agnosia without (apparent) perceptual deficits: A case-study

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1658-1671

  Anaki, David ^a,b   Kaufman, Yakir ^a,d   Freedman, Morris ^a,c   Moscovitch, Morris ^a,b  

^a ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apperceptive associative; Face recognition; Object recognition; Prosopagnosia; Visual agnosia

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGNOSIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PROSOPAGNOSIA; RECOGNITION; SEMANTIC MEMORY;

AGED; AGNOSIA; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 33947144790     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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