Why can people with developmental prosopagnosia recognise some familiar faces? Insights from subjective experience.

ABSTRACT: Developmental prosopagnosia is a relatively common visuo-cognitive condition, characterised by impaired facial identity recognition. Impairment severity appears to reside on a continuum, however, it is unknown whether instances of milder deficits reflect the successful use of spontaneous (typical) face recognition strategies, or the application of extraneous compensatory cues to recognition. Here, we explore this issue in two studies. First, 23 adults with developmental prosopagnosia were asked about their use of spontaneous versus compensatory face recognition techniques in everyday life, using a series of closed- and open-ended questions. Second, the same participants performed a computerised famous face recognition task where they were asked to provide reasons why they could make any su

SUBMITTER: Portch E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10361072 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature