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Davide Rivolta1, Laura Schmalzl, Max Coltheart
1Macquarie University-MACCS, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. drivolta@maccs.mq.edu.au
Abstract:
People with congenital prosopagnosia have never developed the ability to accurately recognize faces. This single case investigation systematically investigates covert and overt face recognition in "C.," a 69 year-old woman with congenital prosopagnosia. Specifically, we: (a) describe the first assessment of covert face recognition in congenital prosopagnosia using multiple tasks; (b) show that semantic information can contribute to covert recognition; and (c) provide a theoretical explanation for the mechanisms underlying covert face recognition.
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