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... > Nervous System Diseases > Neurologic Manifestations > Neurobehavioral Manifestations > Perceptual Disorders > Agnosia > Prosopagnosia
... > Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Signs and Symptoms > Neurologic Manifestations > Neurobehavioral Manifestations > Perceptual Disorders > Agnosia > Prosopagnosia
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms > Neurobehavioral Manifestations > Perceptual Disorders > Agnosia > Prosopagnosia

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Prosopagnosia  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Agnosia, Facial Recognition
  • Agnosia for Face
  • Agnosia for Faces
  • Agnosias, Facial Recognition
  • Facial Recognition Agnosia
  • Facial Recognition Agnosias
  • Recognition Agnosia, Facial
  • Recognition Agnosias, Facial

Scope note

  • The inability to recognize a familiar face or to learn to recognize new faces. This visual agnosia is most often associated with lesions involving the junctional regions between the temporal and occipital lobes. The majority of cases are associated with bilateral lesions, however unilateral damage to the right occipito-temporal cortex has also been associated with this condition. (From Cortex 1995 Jun;31(2):317-29).

History note

  • 2000

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D020238

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