Psychology GCSE
Prosopagnosia
What Prosopagnosia means in Psychology GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Prosopagnosia
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
A specific type of visual agnosia where individuals cannot recognise familiar faces, usually due to damage in the fusiform face area.
Topics that use Prosopagnosia
- The brain and neuropsychology (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Biological structures
- Chemical transmission
- Contralateral control
- Frontal lobe
- Information processing
- Pre-frontal cortex damage
- Sex differences
- Visual agnosia
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