The Man Who Mistook His Neuropsychologist For a Popstar: When Configural Processing Fails in Acquired Prosopagnosia

The Man Who Mistook His Neuropsychologist For a Popstar: When Configural Processing Fails in Acquired Prosopagnosia

We report the case of an individual with acquired prosopagnosia who experiences extreme difficulties in recognising familiar faces in everyday life despite excellent object recognition skills. Formal testing indicates that he is also severely impaired at remembering pre-experimentally unfamiliar fa...

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Main Authors: Ashok eJansari, Scott eMiller, Laura ePearce, Stephanie eCobb, Noam eSagiv, Adrian eWilliams, Jeremy eTree, Rick eHanley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Subjects:
Prosopagnosia
AVM Embolization
configural face processing
Navon task
Facial Imagery
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00390/full

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