Impaired holistic processing of unfamiliar individual faces in acquired prosopagnosia

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 933-944

  Ramon, Meike ^a   Busigny, Thomas ^a   Rossion, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acquired prosopagnosia; Composite face effect; Face processing; Holistic processing; Whole part advantage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; PROSOPAGNOSIA; RECOGNITION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

BRAIN INJURIES; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROSOPAGNOSIA; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76749120472     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.11.014     Document Type: Article

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