prosopagnosia

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No regions were involved to a greater degree in those without prosopagnosia, compared to those with prosopagnosia.

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  • Reading about these advances also reminded me of a medical condition called prosopagnosia or "face blindness". —  Brain Blogger
  • Psychosocial consequences of developmental prosopagnosia: A problem of recognition Permalink —  Brain Blogger
  • No regions were involved to a greater degree in those without prosopagnosia, compared to those with prosopagnosia. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Our results support the view that successful execution of complex social behaviors relies on the integration of social knowledge and executive functions, represented in the prefrontal cortex, and reward attribution and emotional processing, represented in mesolimbic structures. acute ad alzheimer ambiguity aos assessment atention atrophy atypical blindsight case_study cbd cognitive_effects comparison comprehension cvd da dementia dorsolateral-frontal dti early_onset executive_functions fab fmri frontal ftd language late_onset longitudinal mci medial-frontal msa naming navigation neglect parkinson pd pnfa prodromal prosopagnosia psp referrals right_brain_damage sd semantic spect spontaneous_recovey striate stroke subcortical subcortical_dementias test thalamico-cortical vascular vbm —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • KH didn't know what caused her problem until a few years ago when she read a magazine article about a neurological defect which makes it extremely difficult for people to recognize faces - a condition called prosopagnosia, or face blindness. —  msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines
 

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