Visual body recognition in a prosopagnosic patient

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 104-117

  Moro, V ^a   Pernigo, S ^a   Avesani, R ^b   Bulgarelli, C ^b   Urgesi, C ^c   Candidi, M ^d   Aglioti, S M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b Ospedale S Cuore   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body agnosia; Body and face emotional expressions; Body visual perception; Fusiform face area; Prosopagnosia

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROSOPAGNOSIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; AGNOSIA; BRAIN MAPPING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; KINESICS; MALE; NERVE NET; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PROSOPAGNOSIA; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84855720004     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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