Case JP: Twenty experiments on a person with Congenital Prosopagnosia and inability to experience visual imagery from birth

Authors

Leanne Walker, University of Plymouth

Document Type

Project Article

Abstract

Congenital Prosopagnosia and inability to experience visual imagery was investigated through administration of neuropsychological, face processing and visual imagery tests on a single patient, JP. JP had no general intellectual impairment, no problems affecting visual and spatial abilities and had little problems affecting overall memory. She was impaired on unfamiliar face matching, perception of eye gaze and famous face recognition, and was in the normal range for facial expression recognition; thus suggesting that JP is of the “prosopagnosic” type. Subjective vividness and spontaneous use of imagery was rated as extremely poor and performance of standard tests of visual imagery yielded mixed results. These findings were interpreted as suggesting that JP adopted different cognitive strategies when performing imagery tasks.

Publication Date

2010-12-01

Publication Title

The Plymouth Student Scientist

Volume

3

Issue

2

First Page

113

Last Page

141

ISSN

1754-2383

Deposit Date

May 2019

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Recommended Citation

Walker, Leanne (2010) "Case JP: Twenty experiments on a person with Congenital Prosopagnosia and inability to experience visual imagery from birth," The Plymouth Student Scientist: Vol. 3: Iss. 2, Article 4.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24382/yw9y-3p90
Available at: https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/tpss/vol3/iss2/4