A rich behavioral literature has shown that human object recognition is supported by a
representation of shape that is tolerant to variations in an object's appearance …

Face perception relies on computations carried out in face-selective cortical areas. These
areas have been intensively investigated for two decades, and this work has been guided by …

Is it possible to learn something without being aware of it? How does emotion influence the
way we think? How can we improve our memory? Fundamentals of Cognition, third edition …

Face recognition is thought to rely on specific mechanisms underlying a perceptual bias
toward processing faces as undecomposable wholes. This face-specific “holistic processing” …

Studies of the perceptual performance of individuals with autism have focused, to a large
extent, on two domains of visual behavior, one associated with face processing and the …

Many research questions require a within-class object recognition task matched for general
cognitive requirements with a face recognition task. If the object task also has high internal …

We show that five individuals with congenital prosopagnosia (CP) are impaired at face
recognition and discrimination and do not exhibit the normal superiority for upright over …

Following traumatic brain injury in adulthood, Pierrette Sapey (PS) became suddenly unable
to recognize the identity of people from their faces. Thanks to her remarkable recovery of …

In the study of prosopagnosia, several issues (such as the specific or non-specific
manifestations of prosopagnosia, the unitary or non-unitary nature of this syndrome and the …

The second edition of this comprehensive textbook for students of Neuropsychology gives a
thorough overview of the complex relationship between brain and behaviour. With an …