Semantic information can facilitate covert face recognition in congenital prosopagnosia

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1002-1016

  Rivolta, Davide ^a   Schmalzl, Laura ^a   Coltheart, Max ^a   Palermo, Romina ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Congenital prosopagnosia; Covert face recognition; Developmental prosopagnosia; Face recognition; Models of face recognition; Name recognition

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CASE REPORT; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LEARNING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NOMENCLATURE; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSOPAGNOSIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; VISION; VISION TEST;

AGED; CUES; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LEARNING; NAMES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PROSOPAGNOSIA; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISION TESTS; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 78249247765     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803391003662710     Document Type: Article

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