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. 1977 Apr;40(4):395–403. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.40.4.395

Prosopagnosia: a clinical, psychological, and anatomical study of three patients.

A M Whiteley, E K Warrington
PMCID: PMC492708  PMID: 874515

Abstract

Three patients with prosopagnosia are described of whom two had right occipital lesions. An analysis of visual and perceptual functions demonstrated a defect in perceptual classification which appeared to be stimulus-specific. A special mechanism for facial recognition is postulated, and the importance of the right sided posterior lesion is stressed.

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