Prosopagnosia: a clinical, psychological, and anatomical study of three patients

Three patients with prosopagnosia are described of whom two had right occipital lesions. An analysis of visual and perceptual functions demonstrated a defect in perceptual classification which appeared to be stimulus-specific. A special mechanism for facial recognition is postulated, and the importa...

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Published in:Journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry neurosurgery and psychiatry, 1977-04, Vol.40 (4), p.395-403
Main Authors: Whiteley, A M, Warrington, E K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Agnosia - etiology
Agnosia - physiopathology
Brain Neoplasms - complications
Color Perception
Face
Female
Form Perception
Glioma - complications
Humans
Intelligence
Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis - complications
Male
Memory
Middle Aged
Occipital Lobe - physiopathology
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Summary:Three patients with prosopagnosia are described of whom two had right occipital lesions. An analysis of visual and perceptual functions demonstrated a defect in perceptual classification which appeared to be stimulus-specific. A special mechanism for facial recognition is postulated, and the importance of the right sided posterior lesion is stressed.
ISSN:0022-3050
1468-330X
DOI:10.1136/jnnp.40.4.395