Jeffrey C Corrow, Sherryse L Corrow, Edison Lee, Raika Pancaroglu, Ford Burles, Brad Duchaine, Giuseppe Iaria, Jason J S Barton
Previous studies report that acquired prosopagnosia is frequently associated with topographic disorientation. Whether this is associated with a specific anatomic subtype of prosopagnosia, how frequently it is seen with the developmental variant, and what specific topographic function is impaired to account for this problem are not known. We studied ten subjects with acquired prosopagnosia from either occipitotemporal or anterior temporal (AT) lesions and seven with developmental prosopagnosia. Subjects were given a battery of topographic tests, including house and scene recognition, the road map test, a test of cognitive map formation, and a standardized self-report questionnaire...
March 2016: Cortex; a Journal Devoted to the Study of the Nervous System and Behavior