Skip to main content
. 2014 Jul 23;8:491. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00491

Table 1.

A summary of published research reports that have examined intervention techniques in acquired or developmental prosopagnosia.

Reference Incident age (yrs) Intervention age (yrs) Lesion Functional implication Intervention technique Success Generalized gains (lab) Gains to everyday life Gains maintained
ACQUIRED
Ellis and Young, 1988 3 8 Implied RH lesion and bilateral occipital damage Perceptual Remedial No
De Haan et al., 1991b 19 23 Bilateral temporo-occipital junction Perceptual and mnemonic Compensatory No
Polster and Rapcsak, 1996 61 68 Right temporo-occipital Perceptual Compensatory Yes No Unknown Unknown
Francis et al., 2002 19 21 Right temporal Semantic and mnemonic Compensatory Yes Yes No Unknown
Powell et al., 2008 <51 >51 Bilateral occipital, left temporal, and frontal Perceptual Compensatory Yes Unknown Unknown Unknown
DEVELOPMENTAL
Brunsdon et al., 2006 8 Perceptual Compensatory Yes No Yes Yes
DeGutis et al., 2007 48 Perceptual Remedial Yes Yes Yes No
Schmalzl et al., 2008 4 Perceptual Compensatory Yes Unknown Yes Yes
DeGutis et al., 2014 M = 35, N = 24 Various Remedial Yes Yes Yes Unknown