Face inversion superiority in a case of prosopagnosia following congenital brain abnormalities: What can it tell us about the specificity and origin of face-processing mechanisms?

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 286-306

  Schmalzl, Laura ^a   Palermo, Romina ^a   Harris, Irina M ^b   Coltheart, Max ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Domain specificity; Face inversion effect; Face processing; Innateness; Modularity; Prosopagnosia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FACE; FACE INVERSION; FACIES; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSOPAGNOSIA; VISUAL STIMULATION; ATTENTION; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; COLOR VISION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; HYDROCEPHALUS; MEMORY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RECOGNITION; SPEECH DISORDER; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; COLOR PERCEPTION; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROSOPAGNOSIA; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPEECH DISORDERS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 69449089739     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: 14640627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643290903086904     Document Type: Article

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