developmental prosopagnosia, the bruce-young model of face processing, & the intriguing cases of...
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Developmental Prosopagnosia, The Bruce-Young Model of Face Processing, & the Intriguing Cases of Dr. S and AB
… and Prof. Rader, Oliver Sachs, Jane Goodall, & about 1 in 20 people
Anatomy of a Case Study
Referring ProblemObservationsHistory*Test Results*Inferences concerning cognitive processes
The Case of Dr. S.•Has had trouble recognizing people her whole life; she came to see a neuropsychologist to have her “face blindness” analyzed
I met lots of people. I had very intense conversations and I didn’t recognize them, even though they had been helpful by giving me lifts… People don’t like not to be remembered. So I always say, ‘You beautiful ladies, I don’t recognize you; excuse me, have we met before?
•Has above average IQ as measured by the WAIS•Including non-verbal items
•Does not have trouble with basic perception (as measured by•The Benton et al. Line Orientation Task•The Mental Rotation Task
•Has a first cousin with a similar problem
•Failed to recognize the neuropsychologist & mistook other blond women for her•Has trouble with geographical orientation (finding her way around)
•Very high verbal fluency
Benton et al. Facial Recognition Test—matching an identical face in the same or different orientation
Performance of Dr. S. = normal
Warrington Recognition Memory Battery Face Section: 50 stimulus cards with unfamiliar faces of men The subject has to judge how pleasant each face is Each card is shown for 3 seconds
Immediately after seeing the 50 cards, the subject is shown cards with pairs of faces and has to say which appeared earlier
Dr. S’s performance = normal
Pictures of Famous Faces
1. Subject is shown faces and asked, “Do you know the name of this person?”
2. Subject is given a set of names and asked, “Do you know the occupation of this
person?”
The subject is also shown a set of faces and asked for each face, “Do you know the occupation of this person?”
Nancy Pelosi
Dr. S’s performance = poor when face is the stimulus
De Haan Test of Familiar Faces
Subject is shown a face and is asked, “Have you ever seen this face before?”
Dr. S’s performance = very poor for familiar faces
Bruce-Young Model of Face Processing
What’s wrong with Dr. S???
Procedure: Consider the set of face tests and what the pattern of Dr. S’s performance tells us about the processing of each structure in the model
Structural encoding? Can she do the Benton Face Recognition Test?
Directed Visual Processing?Can she do the Mooney Face Test?
Face Recognition Units (FRUs) ?Can she do the Warrington Recognition Battery?
Person Identity Nodes (PINs) ?Can she give the occupation of someone froma face?
So is the problem with her PINs?