Developmental prosopagnosia and the Benton Facial Recognition Test.
The Benton Facial Recognition Test is used for clinical and research purposes, but evidence suggests that it is possible to pass the test with impaired face discrimination abilities. The authors tested 11 patients with developmental prosopagnosia using this test, and a majority scored in the normal range. Consequently, scores in the normal range should be interpreted cautiously, and testing should always be supplemented by other face tests.
Duchaine
Bradley C
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Psychology Department, Vision Sciences Laboratory, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. brad@wjh.harvard.edu
Nakayama
Ken
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D004192:Discrimination, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000592:standards*; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D020238:Prosopagnosia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018401:Sample Size