Face memory deficits in patients deprived of early visual input by bilateral congenital cataracts

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 96-108

  De Heering, Adélaïde ^a   Maurer, Daphne ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cataract; Face memory; Faces; Prosopagnosia; Visual deprivation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CATARACT; FACE; FACE MEMORY; FACES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PATIENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSOPAGNOSIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION; VISUAL DEPRIVATION;

CATARACT; FACE MEMORY; FACES; PROSOPAGNOSIA; VISUAL DEPRIVATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATARACT; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 84889657794     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21094     Document Type: Article

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