PROSOPAGNOSIA - A FACE-SPECIFIC DISORDER

被引:193
作者
MCNEIL, JE [1 ]
WARRINGTON, EK [1 ]
机构
[1] NATL HOSP,DEPT PSYCHOL,QUEEN SQ,LONDON WC1N 3BG,ENGLAND
来源
QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY SECTION A-HUMAN EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY | 1993年 / 46卷 / 01期
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10.1080/14640749308401064
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
A follow-up study of a patient, WJ, with a very severe prosopagnosia is reported. After a stroke he became a farmer and acquired a flock of sheep. He learnt to recognize and name many of his sheep, and his performance on tests of recognition memory and paired-associate learning for sheep was significantly better than on comparable tests using human face stimuli. It is concluded that in some instances prosopagnosia can be a face-specific disorder.
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