Identifying Hallmark Symptoms of Developmental Prosopagnosia for Non-Experts.

ABSTRACT: Developmental prosopagnosia (DP) is characterised by a severe and relatively selective deficit in face recognition, in the absence of neurological injury. Because public and professional awareness of DP is low, many adults and children are not identified for formal testing. This may partly result from the lack of appropriate screening tools that can be used by non-experts in either professional or personal settings. To address this issue, the current study sought to (a) explore when DP can first be detected in oneself and another, and (b) identify a list of the condition's everyday behavioural manifestations. Questionnaires and interviews were administered to large samples of adult DPs, their unaffected significant others, and parents of children with the condition; and data were analysed

SUBMITTER: Murray E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5786061 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature