The recognition of emotional expression in prosopagnosia: Decoding whole and part faces

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 884-895

  Stephan, Blossom Christa Maree ^a,d   Breen, Nora ^b   Caine, Diana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agnosia for faces; Configural processing; Expression recognition; Featural processing; Information processing

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EMOTIONALITY; FACE PROFILE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSOPAGNOSIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; EMOTION; FACE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION;

ADULT; EMOTIONS; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROSOPAGNOSIA; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33947204955     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617706061066     Document Type: Article

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