Probing the face-space of individuals with prosopagnosia

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1828-1841

  Nishimura, Mayu ^a   Doyle, Jaime ^a   Humphreys, Kate ^b   Behrmann, Marlene ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caricature; Distinctiveness; Face space; Faces; Identity aftereffects; Prosopagnosia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PROSOPAGNOSIA; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROSOPAGNOSIA; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952544625     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.03.007     Document Type: Article

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