title: A componential analysis of visual object recognition deficits in patients with herpes simplex virus encephalitis.
abstract: Five patients with a diagnosis of Herpes Simplex Virus Encephalitis (HSVE) underwent neuropsychological assessment to explore the integrity of their visual perceptual abilities. Selective deficits affecting different levels of the recognition processing were found; impaired recognition abilities were also influenced by selective task requirements, which resulted either in facilitatory or constraining effects on patients' performance. A theoretical model of object recognition (Humphreys & Riddoch, 1987) was taken into account to explain patients' performance. Further, the role of specific components of visual processing was evidenced in explaining the performance of patients affected by HSVE.
authors.affiliation: SISSA, Cognitive Neuroscience Sector, Trieste, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Borgo
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Sgaramella
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Penello
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: L'Erario
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Toso
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000377:Agnosia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D020803:Encephalitis, Herpes Simplex / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*