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Main Author: Anair Rodrigues
Format: Artículo científico
Language:en
Published: Associação Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento 2008
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contents Developmental prosopagnosia and adaptative compensatory strategies. Case study Anair Rodrigues Sílvia Adriana Prado Bolognani Sonia Maria Dozzi Brucki Orlando Francisco Amodeo Bueno Medicina prosopagnosia visual agnosia neuropsychology visual perception developmental prosopagnosia Prosopagnosia is a type of visual agnosia with inability to identify faces, usually secondary to brain lesion in associative cortex areas, but there is also a congenital form known as developmental prosopagnosia. Objectives: To describe a case of developmental prosopagnosia that illustrates the specificity of the pathways for perception of faces in the visual system. Also, we will describe possible mechanisms of recognition used by this patient. Methods: R.S., a 50 year-old woman, was referred for neuropsychological assessment due to difficulties in perception of familiar faces since childhood, unexplained by any loss of visual acuity. Results: The exam showed good performance for comprehension, reasoning, concept formation, constructional abilities, criticism, judgment, mental control, memory and visual perception for other kinds of stimuli. No difficulties were seen regarding identification of ethnicity, age and types of animals. The patient was able to match celebrities’ faces in different positions, but could not identify the matching pictures for unknown people. Conclusions: These findings indicate the patient had developed strategies, throughout life, to recognize familiar faces (relatives, celebrities) from memorized fragments, but still had difficulties in identifying non-familiar faces holistically 2008 artículo científico 1980-5764 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=339529011021 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=3395 Dementia & Neuropsychologia application/pdf Associação Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento Dementia & Neuropsychologia (Brasil) Num.4 Vol.2
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spellingShingle Developmental prosopagnosia and adaptative compensatory strategies. Case study
Anair Rodrigues
Medicina
prosopagnosia
visual agnosia
neuropsychology
visual perception
developmental prosopagnosia
Developmental prosopagnosia and adaptative compensatory strategies. Case study Anair Rodrigues Sílvia Adriana Prado Bolognani Sonia Maria Dozzi Brucki Orlando Francisco Amodeo Bueno Medicina prosopagnosia visual agnosia neuropsychology visual perception developmental prosopagnosia Prosopagnosia is a type of visual agnosia with inability to identify faces, usually secondary to brain lesion in associative cortex areas, but there is also a congenital form known as developmental prosopagnosia. Objectives: To describe a case of developmental prosopagnosia that illustrates the specificity of the pathways for perception of faces in the visual system. Also, we will describe possible mechanisms of recognition used by this patient. Methods: R.S., a 50 year-old woman, was referred for neuropsychological assessment due to difficulties in perception of familiar faces since childhood, unexplained by any loss of visual acuity. Results: The exam showed good performance for comprehension, reasoning, concept formation, constructional abilities, criticism, judgment, mental control, memory and visual perception for other kinds of stimuli. No difficulties were seen regarding identification of ethnicity, age and types of animals. The patient was able to match celebrities’ faces in different positions, but could not identify the matching pictures for unknown people. Conclusions: These findings indicate the patient had developed strategies, throughout life, to recognize familiar faces (relatives, celebrities) from memorized fragments, but still had difficulties in identifying non-familiar faces holistically 2008 artículo científico 1980-5764 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=339529011021 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=3395 Dementia & Neuropsychologia application/pdf Associação Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento Dementia & Neuropsychologia (Brasil) Num.4 Vol.2
title Developmental prosopagnosia and adaptative compensatory strategies. Case study
topic Medicina
prosopagnosia
visual agnosia
neuropsychology
visual perception
developmental prosopagnosia
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=339529011021