title: A familial factor in the development of colour agnosia.
abstract: An important aspect of research into the link between genes and behaviour concerns the identification of familial determination. There is evidence for familial factors in selective deficits, such as developmental dyslexia and developmental prosopagnosia. Colour agnosia concerns a selective neuropsychological condition in which colour perception is intact, while the identification and naming of colour is disrupted. We recently demonstrated that this deficit can occur as a developmental deficit. Here, we show that there is a familial factor in the development of colour agnosia by reporting the colour processing abilities of the mother and the daughters of a man with developmental colour agnosia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Psychology and Helmholtz Institute, University of Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 2, NL-3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands. t.c.w.nijboer@fss.uu.nl
authors.forename: Tanja C W
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Nijboer
authors.forename: Martine J E
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: van Zandvoort
authors.forename: Edward H F
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: de Haan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000377:Agnosia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D003118:Color Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D005145:Face; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology