Is the loss of diagnosticity of the eye region of the face a common aspect of acquired prosopagnosia?

Journal of Neuropsychology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-78

  Rossion, Bruno ^a   Kaiser, Martha D ^b   Bub, Daniel ^c   Tanaka, James W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSOPAGNOSIA; REACTION TIME;

DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROSOPAGNOSIA; REACTION TIME;

EID: 64749107910     PISSN: 17486645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/174866408X289944     Document Type: Article

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