Is face recognition 'special'? Evidence from neuropsychology. Export

@article{citeulike:4213096, abstract = {Is face recognition 'special,' in the sense of relying on functionally and anatomically distinct mechanisms from those required for other kinds of pattern recognition? A number of different neuropsychological dissociations involving recognition and learning of faces and nonface objects are reviewed. In addition, studies of the nature of shape representation in normal face and object recognition are reviewed. The evidence from brain-damaged and normal subjects suggests that face recognition is, indeed, 'special,' and provides some clues to the functional differences between face and object recognition.}, author = {Farah, M. J.}, citeulike-article-id = {4213096}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8734052}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=8734052}, issn = {0166-4328}, journal = {Behavioural brain research}, keywords = {facerecognition, perception, vision}, month = {April}, number = {1-2}, pages = {181--189}, posted-at = {2009-03-24 09:05:40}, priority = {2}, title = {Is face recognition 'special'? Evidence from neuropsychology.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8734052}, volume = {76}, year = {1996} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4213096 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4213096 N2 - Is face recognition 'special,' in the sense of relying on functionally and anatomically distinct mechanisms from those required for other kinds of pattern recognition? A number of different neuropsychological dissociations involving recognition and learning of faces and nonface objects are reviewed. In addition, studies of the nature of shape representation in normal face and object recognition are reviewed. The evidence from brain-damaged and normal subjects suggests that face recognition is, indeed, 'special,' and provides some clues to the functional differences between face and object recognition. IS - 1-2 JF - Behavioural brain research SN - 0166-4328 EP - 189 TI - Is face recognition 'special'? Evidence from neuropsychology. VL - 76 SP - 181 KW - facerecognition KW - perception KW - vision AU - Farah, MJ PY - 1996/04// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8734052 ER -