Face recognition impairments despite normal holistic processing and face space coding: Evidence from a case of developmental prosopagnosia

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 636-664

  Susilo, Tirta ^a   McKone, Elinor ^a   Dennett, Hugh ^a   Darke, Hayley ^a   Palermo, Romina ^a   Hall, Ashleigh ^a   Pidcock, Madeleine ^a   Dawel, Amy ^a   Jeffery, Linda ^b   Wilson, C Ellie ^c   Rhodes, Gillian ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Composite effect; Developmental prosopagnosia; Face adaptation; Face aftereffect; Face perception; Face recognition; Face space; Holistic processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSOPAGNOSIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REACTION TIME; VISION;

COGNITION DISORDERS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; FEMALE; FIGURAL AFTEREFFECT; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROSOPAGNOSIA; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82755186854     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: 14640627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643294.2011.613372     Document Type: Article

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