Barton: Lesions in FFA

Question 1

General setup

Answer 1

Patients with lesions in medial occipitemporal areas

one patient with anterior temporal lesions

each trial: 3 faces - 2 base faces, 1 altered face

-> identify the altered face

Question 2

Results

Answer 2

patients with medial occipitemporal lesions generally impaired in identifying the altered face

but no impairment in identifying eye brightness

Question 3

Conclusions

Answer 3

1. lesions in medial occipitemporal area are associated with the face recognition deficits in prosopagnosia