Cortex
Volume 46, Issue 8 , Pages 949-964 , September 2010

Three cases of developmental prosopagnosia from one family: Detailed neuropsychological and psychophysical investigation of face processing

  • Yunjo Lee

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Vision Research, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Centre, University of Toronto, 3560 Bathurst Street, Toronto, ON M6A 2E1, Canada.
    • ,
  • Bradley Duchaine

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, UK
    • ,
  • Hugh R. Wilson

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Vision Research, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Ken Nakayama

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

Received 11 September 2008 ,Revised 17 April 2009 ,Accepted 23 July 2009.

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