Does acquisition of Greeble expertise in prosopagnosia rule out a domain-general deficit?

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 289-304

  Bukach, Cindy M ^a   Gauthier, Isabel ^b   Tarr, Michael J ^c   Kadlec, Helena ^d   Barth, Sara ^a   Ryan, Emily ^a   Turpin, Justin ^a   Bub, Daniel N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Domain specificity; Face recognition; Object recognition; Perceptual expertise; Prosopagnosia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACE PROFILE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MENTAL TASK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROSOPAGNOSIA; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSOPAGNOSIA; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84855894066     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.11.023     Document Type: Article

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