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Selective sparing of face learning in a global amnesic patient.
- Source :
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Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry [J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry] 2001 Sep; Vol. 71 (3), pp. 340-6. - Publication Year :
- 2001
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Abstract
- Objective: To test the hypothesis that visual memory for faces can be dissociated from visual memory for topographical material.<br />Method: A patient who developed a global amnesic syndrome after acute carbon monoxide poisoning is described. A neuroradiological examination documented severe bilateral atrophy of the hippocampi.<br />Results: Despite a severe anterograde memory disorder involving verbal information, abstract figures, concrete objects, topographical scenes, and spatial information, the patient was still able to learn previously unknown human faces at a normal (and, in some cases, at a higher) rate.<br />Conclusions: Together with previous neuropsychological evidence documenting selective sparing of topographical learning in otherwise amnesic patients, this case is indicative of the fact that the neural circuits involved in face recognition are distinct from those involved in the recognition of other visuoperceptual material (for example, topographical scenes).
- Subjects :
- Acute Disease
Amnesia diagnosis
Amnesia psychology
Atrophy
Case-Control Studies
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Neurologic Examination
Neuropsychological Tests
Prosopagnosia diagnosis
Prosopagnosia psychology
Severity of Illness Index
Amnesia chemically induced
Amnesia physiopathology
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning complications
Hippocampus pathology
Prosopagnosia chemically induced
Prosopagnosia physiopathology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0022-3050
- Volume :
- 71
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 11511707
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.71.3.340