TY - JOUR T1 - Prosopagnosia: a clinical, psychological, and anatomical study of three patients. JF - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry JO - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry SP - 395 LP - 403 DO - 10.1136/jnnp.40.4.395 VL - 40 IS - 4 AU - A M Whiteley AU - E K Warrington Y1 - 1977/04/01 UR - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/40/4/395.abstract N2 - Three patients with prosopagnosia are described of whom two had right occipital lesions. An analysis of visual and perceptual functions demonstrated a defect in perceptual classification which appeared to be stimulus-specific. A special mechanism for facial recognition is postulated, and the importance of the right sided posterior lesion is stressed. ER -