为什么有发育性前视障碍的人可以识别一些熟悉的面孔? 从主观经验中获得的见解
Emma Portch1, Liam Wignall1,2, Sarah Bate1
1Department of Psychology, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, United Kingdom.
PeerJ
|July 24, 2023
概括
患有发育性前视觉症的人经常使用补偿策略,而不仅仅是自发的面部识别,以识别熟悉的面孔. 这一发现影响了我们如何理解和诊断这种常见的视觉认知状况.
科学领域:
- 认知神经科学 认知神经科学
- 神经心理学 神经心理学
- 视觉感知 视觉感知 视觉感知
背景情况:
- 发育前 (DP) 是一种常见的神经发育障碍,影响人脸识别.
- 人们还不完全了解DP严重程度的范围,特别是对于较轻症患者的补偿策略.
- 目前尚不清楚,轻微的缺陷是由于典型的识别或外部暗示的利用而产生的.
研究的目的:
- 调查PD患者是否使用自发或补偿面部识别策略.
- 确定补偿线索在DP中保存面部识别中的作用.
- 探索DP患者使用策略的个体差异.
主要方法:
- 进行了两项研究,对23名被诊断患有发育性prosopagnosia的成年人进行了研究.
- 研究1涉及问卷评估自发与补偿面部识别技术在日常生活中.
- 第二项研究使用了计算机化的著名人脸识别任务,要求参与者解释成功识别的情况.
主要成果:
- 研究结果表明,PD患者经常并成功地采用了面部识别的补偿策略.
- 补偿性线索似乎是DP中大多数保存的熟悉面部识别实例的基础.
- 虽然有16名参与者偶尔会自发地识别人脸,但成功率在个人之间有很大差异.
结论:
- 补偿策略在许多患有发育前视觉障碍的个体中,在保持面部识别能力方面发挥着至关重要的作用.
- 这些发现需要重新评估DP的概念化,强调使用战略.
- 这些见解对改善发育期前的诊断实践具有重要意义.
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