Acquired prosopagnosia abolishes the face inversion effect

Cortex

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 965-981

  Busigny, Thomas ^a   Rossion, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Face inversion effect (FIE); Holistic face processing; Prosopagnosia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FACE PROFILE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PROSOPAGNOSIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 77954959429     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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