Semantic information can facilitate covert face recognition in congenital prosopagnosia

Davide Rivolta; Laura Schmalzl; Max Coltheart; Romina Palermo

doi:10.1080/13803391003662710

Semantic information can facilitate covert face recognition in congenital prosopagnosia

Davide Rivolta^*, Laura Schmalzl, Max Coltheart, Romina Palermo

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Abstract

People with congenital prosopagnosia have never developed the ability to accurately recognize faces. This single case investigation systematically investigates covert and overt face recognition in C., a 69 year-old woman with congenital prosopagnosia. Specifically, we: (a) describe the first assessment of covert face recognition in congenital prosopagnosia using multiple tasks; (b) show that semantic information can contribute to covert recognition; and (c) provide a theoretical explanation for the mechanisms underlying covert face recognition.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1002-1016
Number of pages	15
Journal	Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
Volume	32
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13803391003662710
Publication status	Published - Nov 2010

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