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Developmental prosopagnosia may involve mild reading impairments, with face perception trade-offs. Reanalyzed data suggest shared processes support both face and word recognition in visual perception.

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  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Visual Perception
  • Developmental Psychology

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  • Investigating shared versus dissociable processes for face and word recognition.
  • Developmental prosopagnosia (DP) cases suggest dissociable face and word recognition.
  • Previous DP studies had small sample sizes, limiting statistical power.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To re-analyze combined data from three DP studies to increase statistical power.
  • To investigate the relationship between face processing deficits and word recognition in DP.
  • To re-examine acquired prosopagnosia data for shared processing links.

Main Methods:

  • Meta-analysis of existing developmental prosopagnosia data.
  • Statistical re-analysis of combined face and word processing tasks.
  • Re-analysis of acquired prosopagnosia data (Hills et al., 2015).

Main Results:

  • A non-significant trend for reading impairments in DP.
  • Poorer face memory correlated with slower reading speeds.
  • Poorer face perception in DP associated with smaller word length effects.
  • Severe face recognition impairments in acquired prosopagnosia related to poorer word processing.

Conclusions:

  • Mild reading impairments may exist in developmental prosopagnosia.
  • A potential trade-off between face perception and reading skills in DP.
  • Evidence supports shared processes underlying face and word recognition in visual perception.