Face-specific and domain-general visual processing deficits in children with developmental prosopagnosia.

ABSTRACT: Evidence suggests that face and object recognition depend on distinct neural circuitry within the visual system. Work with adults with developmental prosopagnosia (DP) demonstrates that some individuals have preserved object recognition despite severe face recognition deficits. This face selectivity in adults with DP indicates that face- and object-processing systems can develop independently, but it is unclear at what point in development these mechanisms are separable. Determining when individuals with DP first show dissociations between faces and objects is one means to address this question. In the current study, we investigated face and object processing in six children with DP (5-12-years-old). Each child was assessed with one face perception test, two different face memory tests, an

SUBMITTER: Dalrymple KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7439757 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature