Prosopagnosia
The inability to recognize a familiar face or to learn to recognize new faces. This visual agnosia is most often associated with lesions involving the junctional regions between the temporal and occipital lobes. The majority of cases are associated with bilateral lesions, however unilateral damage to the right occipito-temporal cortex has also been associated with this condition. (From Cortex 1995 Jun;31(2):317-29).
Year introduced: 2000
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Tree Number(s): C10.597.606.762.100.650, C23.888.592.604.764.100.650, F01.700.750.100.650
MeSH Unique ID: D020238
Entry Terms:
- Prosopagnosias
- Agnosia for Faces
- Agnosia for Face
- Facial Recognition Agnosia
- Agnosia, Facial Recognition
- Agnosias, Facial Recognition
- Facial Recognition Agnosias
- Recognition Agnosia, Facial
- Recognition Agnosias, Facial
- Prosopagnosia, Acquired
- Acquired Prosopagnosia
- Acquired Prosopagnosias
- Prosopagnosias, Acquired
- Prosopagnosia, Developmental
- Developmental Prosopagnosia
- Developmental Prosopagnosias
- Prosopagnosias, Developmental
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