Prosopagnosia: a clinical and anatomical study of four patients

Cortex. 1995 Jun;31(2):317-29. doi: 10.1016/s0010-9452(13)80365-6.

Abstract

We tested in great detail face perception and face memory in four cases of prosopagnosia. Three of them showed deficits of face perception and/or of familiar faces memory. There was one prosopagnosic patient, however, who showed no abnormality in face perception and discrimination and could recall familiar faces. This case suggests that a form of prosopagnosia may exist, which is due to the disconnection between face perception and face memory. X-ray CT, MRI and PET studies revealed that two patients did not have damage of the left hemisphere, supporting the view that prosopagnosia can arise from unilateral right-sided lesion.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Agnosia / diagnosis*
  • Agnosia / psychology
  • Discrimination, Psychological*
  • Face*
  • Female
  • Form Perception*
  • Functional Laterality
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Memory Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Memory Disorders / psychology
  • Mental Recall
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed