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 importance of the right sided posterior lesion is stressed.
D000368:Aged; D000377:Agnosia / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D003118:Color Perception; D005145:Face; D005260:Female; D005556:Form Perception; D005910:Glioma / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D008875:Middle Aged; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology