The Neuropsychology of Face Perception and Facial Expression

by Raymond Bruyer (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317768043
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/04/2014
Series:	Neuropsychology and Neurolinguistics Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	344
File size:	12 MB
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About the Author

Raymond Bruyer University of Louvain

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction: Processes Underlying Face Recognition PART I: BRAIN DAMAGE AND FACE PERCEPTION Chapter 2 The Anatomical Substrate of Prosopagnosia Chapter 3 The Cognitive Locus of Prosopagnosia Chapter 4 Face Processing and Brain Damage: Group Studies PART II: LATERAL DIFFERENCES FOR FACE PERCEPTION IN NORMAL SUBJECTS Chapter 5 Methodological Constraints on Neuropsychological Studies of Face Perception in Normals Chapter 6 A Micro and Macrodevelopmental View of the Nature of Changes in Complex Information Processing: A Consideration of Changes in Hemispheric Advantage During Familiarization Chapter 7 The Specificity of Face Perception: Evidence from Psychological Investigations Chapter 8 Subject Characteristics in Lateral Differences for Face Processing by Normals: Age Chapter 9 Lateral Differences in Face Processing: Effects of Sex and Cognitive Style PART III: NEUROPSYCHOLOGY OF FACIAL EXPRESSION Chapter 10 Production and Comprehension of Emotional Facial Expressions in Brain-Damaged Subjects Chapter 11 Asymmetries of Facial Action: Some Facts and Fancies of Normal Face Movement Chapter 12 Hemispheric Asymmetries in the Perception of Facial Expressions by Normals