Three cases of developmental prosopagnosia from one family: Detailed neuropsychological and psychophysical investigation of face processing

Cortex

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 949-964

  Lee, Yunjo ^a,b   Duchaine, Bradley ^c   Wilson, Hugh R ^a   Nakayama, Ken ^d  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental prosopagnosia; Face processing; Familial prosopagnosia; Intermediate level form vision; Synthetic faces

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROSOPAGNOSIA; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 77954958273     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2009.07.012     Document Type: Article

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