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Prosopagnosia is usually characterised by a sudden loss in ability to recognise faces of familiar people. Sufferers typically have then to rely on voices or dress for identifying spouse, family, friends or famous individuals; and, not infrequently, do not even recognise themselves in the mirror. Before discussing prosopagnosia in more detail, I should like to give an outline account of some of the historical landmarks in its identification and investigation. In doing so I shall not attempt to give a comprehensive review of the literature: instead the more significant papers will be briefly mentioned.
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Ellis, H.D. (1989). Past and Recent Studies of Prosopagnosia. In: Crawford, J.R., Parker, D.M. (eds) Developments in Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9996-5_13
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