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[The brain and the visual recognition of human faces (author's transl)]. 1979

R Bruyer

The first part presents some studies in normal subjects. We observe that faces recognition is a very primitive behavior in human child, that the symmetry and some parts of a face may play a specific role, and that the right cerebral cortex is dominant for this function. Problems of specificity are also examined. Studies in pathological subjects are then presented. We examine some publications concerning child's psychiatry and neurology. Prosopagnosia, his associated symptoms, and the anatomical questions are then considered. Finally we examine researches concerning the relationships between brain lesions and the recognition of human faces, with a special attention to the mnesic processes and to the questions of specificity.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007223	Infant	A child between 1 and 23 months of age.	Infants
D002540	Cerebral Cortex	The thin layer of GRAY MATTER on the surface of the CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES that develops from the TELENCEPHALON and folds into gyri and sulci. It reaches its highest development in humans and is responsible for intellectual faculties and higher mental functions.	Allocortex,Archipallium,Cortex Cerebri,Cortical Plate,Paleocortex,Periallocortex,Allocortices,Archipalliums,Cerebral Cortices,Cortex Cerebrus,Cortex, Cerebral,Cortical Plates,Paleocortices,Periallocortices,Plate, Cortical
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D002666	Psychology, Child	Branch of psychology involving the study of normal and abnormal behavior of children.	Child Psychology,Infant Psychology,Pediatric Psychology,Psychology, Infant,Psychology, Pediatric
D003071	Cognition	Intellectual or mental process whereby an organism obtains knowledge.	Cognitive Function,Cognitions,Cognitive Functions,Function, Cognitive,Functions, Cognitive
D005145	Face	The anterior portion of the head that includes the skin, muscles, and structures of the forehead, eyes, nose, mouth, cheeks, and jaw.	Faces
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D000377	Agnosia	Loss of the ability to comprehend the meaning or recognize the importance of various forms of stimulation that cannot be attributed to impairment of a primary sensory modality. Tactile agnosia is characterized by an inability to perceive the shape and nature of an object by touch alone, despite unimpaired sensation to light touch, position, and other primary sensory modalities.	Auditory Agnosia,Finger Agnosia,Sensory Agnosia,Tactile Agnosia,Visual Agnosia,Agnosia for Pain,Agnosia for Smell,Agnosia for Taste,Agnosia for Temperature,Anosognosia,Auditory Agnosia, Congenital,Body-Image Agnosia,Congenital Auditory Agnosia,Developmental Agnosia,Gustatory Agnosia,Ideational Agnosia,Olfactory Agnosia,Position Agnosia,Somatosensory Agnosia,Time Agnosia,Topographical Agnosia,Visual Agnosia for Objects,Visual Disorientation Syndrome,Visuospatial Agnosia,Agnosia for Tastes,Agnosia, Auditory,Agnosia, Body-Image,Agnosia, Congenital Auditory,Agnosia, Developmental,Agnosia, Finger,Agnosia, Gustatory,Agnosia, Ideational,Agnosia, Olfactory,Agnosia, Position,Agnosia, Sensory,Agnosia, Somatosensory,Agnosia, Tactile,Agnosia, Time,Agnosia, Topographical,Agnosia, Visual,Agnosia, Visuospatial,Agnosias,Agnosias, Auditory,Agnosias, Body-Image,Agnosias, Congenital Auditory,Agnosias, Developmental,Agnosias, Finger,Agnosias, Ideational,Agnosias, Olfactory,Agnosias, Position,Agnosias, Sensory,Agnosias, Somatosensory,Agnosias, Tactile,Agnosias, Time,Agnosias, Topographical,Agnosias, Visual,Agnosias, Visuospatial,Anosognosias,Auditory Agnosias,Auditory Agnosias, Congenital,Body Image Agnosia,Body-Image Agnosias,Congenital Auditory Agnosias,Developmental Agnosias,Finger Agnosias,Ideational Agnosias,Olfactory Agnosias,Position Agnosias,Sensory Agnosias,Somatosensory Agnosias,Syndrome, Visual Disorientation,Syndromes, Visual Disorientation,Tactile Agnosias,Time Agnosias,Topographical Agnosias,Visual Agnosias,Visual Disorientation Syndromes,Visuospatial Agnosias
D014796	Visual Perception	The selecting and organizing of visual stimuli based on the individual's past experience.	Visual Processing,Perception, Visual,Processing, Visual