Table 1. Results from fMRI-studies on prosopagnosia.
| Studies with developmental prosopagnosics | ||||||
| N | Lesion localisation | task | comparison | result | ||
| FFA | IOG | |||||
| Hadjikhani & de Gelder (2002) | 1 | n.a. | Passive viewing | Faces>objects | − | − |
| Faces>houses | + | − | ||||
| Hasson et al. (2003) | 1 | n.a. | One back | Faces>buildings | + | + |
| Avidan et al. (2005) | 4 | n.a. | One back | Faces>(buildings & objects) | + | + |
| Bentin et al. (2007) | 1 | n.a. | Oddball | Faces>places | − | − |
| Faces>objects | − | − | ||||
| Degutis et al. (2007)1 | 1 | n.a. | One back | Faces>scenes | + | + |
| Williams et al. 2007 | 1 | n.a. | One back | Faces>scenes | + | |
| Van den Stock et al. | 3 | n.a. | Oddball | (Emotional+neutral faces)>houses | decreased neutral face activity | + |
1
This study reports about a training program administered to a patient. We report the fMRI result preceding the training.
Abbreviations: n.a.: not applicable; FFA: Fusiform Face Area; FG: Fusiform Gyrus; IOG: Inferior Occipital Gyrus; SM, CR, GA & RP refer to subjects; +: significant activation; −: no significant activation; (l−): only left activation is observed.