The Neuropsychology of Face Perception and Facial Expression

by Bruyer; Raymond

• ISBN13: 9780898596021
• ISBN10: 0898596025
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781317768043
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1986-10-01
• Publisher: Psychology Pres

Summary

This book is the first to offer an overview of the increasingly studied field of face perception. Experimental and pathological dissociation methods are used to understand both the precise cognitive mechanisms and the cerebral functions involved in face perception. Three main areas of investigation are discussed: face processing after brain damage; lateral differences for face processing in normals; neuropsychological studies on facial expressions.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	p. v
Preface	p. xi
References	p. xiii
Foreword From Patchwork to Melting Pot	p. xv
References	p. xxii
Introduction: Processes Underlying Face Recognition	p. 1
References	p. 24
Acknowledgment	p. 24
Brain Damage And Face Perception	p. 29
The Anatomical Substrate of Prosopagnosia	p. 31
Acknowledgment	p. 37
References	p. 37
The Cognitive Locus of Prosopagnosia	p. 39
References	p. 58
Acknowledgments	p. 58
Face Processing and Brain Damage: Group Studies	p. 63
References	p. 84
Lateral Differences For Face Perception In Normal Subjects	p. 89
Methodological Constraints on Neuropsychological Studies of Face Perception in Normals	p. 91
References	p. 119
Acknowledgment	p. 119
A Micro and Macrodevelopmental View of the Nature of Changes in Complex Information Processing: A Consideration of Changes in Hemispheric Advantage During Familiarization	p. 125
Acknowledgments	p. 142
References	p. 142
The Specificity of Face Perception: Evidence from Psychological nvestigations	p. 147
References	p. 162
Subject Characteristics in Lateral Differences for Face Processing by Normals: Age	p. 167
References	p. 193
Lateral Differences in Face Processing: Effects of Sex and Cognitive Style	p. 201
Acknowledgments	p. 214
References	p. 214
Neuropsychology Of Facial Expression	p. 219
Production and Comprehension of Emotional Facial Expressions in Brain- Damaged Subjects	p. 221
References	p. 240
Asymmetries of Facial Action: Some Facts and Fancies of Normal Face Movement	p. 247
References	p. 265
Acknowledgments	p. 265
Hemispheric Asymmetries in the Perception of Facial Expressions by Normals	p. 269
References	p. 287
Author Index	p. 291
Subject Index	p. 305
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