Prosopagnosia: A face-specific disorder |
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Authors: | Jane E McNeil Elizabeth K Warrington |
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a National Hospital, London, U.K. |
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Abstract: | A follow-up study of a patient, WJ, with a very severe prosopagnosia is reported. After a stroke he became a farmer and acquired a flock of sheep. He learnt to recognize and name many of his sheep, and his performance on tests of recognition memory and paired-associate learning for sheep was significantly better than on comparable tests using human face stimuli. It is concluded that in some instances prosopagnosia can be a face-specific disorder. |
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