Prosopanomia? a possible category-specific anomia for faces

Burton & Bruce (1992), and Cohen (1990a), offer alternative accounts of the differences in 'normal' and neurologically impaired subjects' abilities to recall people's names and other pieces of biographical information. Cohen claims that the principal difference between names and other biographical information is in their relative meaningfulness, while Burton & Bruce argue that uniqueness is the crucial variable. As yet existing empirical evidence cannot be explained within the framework of either of these accounts, although the Burton & Bruce (1992) proposal has the advantage of being implemented as an interactive activation model. This paper describes the case of a patient who, following a stroke, retained the ability to access 'unique' semantic information for familiar people she is no longer able to name. It is argued that this pattern of performance provides difficulties for the Burton & Bruce model. However, it can be accounted for by Cohen's account, and a modified version of Burton & Bruce's model (Bruce, Burton & Walker, 1994).

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“…In this respect she is similar to patients T.L. (Carney & Temple, 1993), M.L. (Lucchelli & DeRenzi, 1992), L.S.…”

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I recognize your face but I can't remember your name: Is it because names are unique?

Harris

Kay

1995

British J of Psychology

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“…In many configurations, proper noun anomia is considered another type of category naming disorder, such as the selective inability to name tools, parts of speech, or animals (Goodglass & Wingfield, 1997). Familiar proper noun anomia has been reported in left parieto-occipital (Semenza & Zettin, 1988), left fronto-temporal (Semenza & Zettin, 1989), temporal damage (Reinkemeier, Markowitsch, Rauch, & Kessler, 1977); due to head trauma (Miceli, Daniele, Esposito, & Magarelli, 1998), and left thalamic damage (Lucchelli & De Renzi, 1992;Luccelli, Muggia, & Spinnler, 1997); traumatic brain injury (Milders, 2000;Milders, Deelman, & Berg, 1999), and multiple lesion damage (Carney & Temple, 1993); following surgery for an aneurysm of the internal carotid (Fery, Vincent, & Brédart, 1995) and the posterior cerebral artery (Hanley, 1995); and from a LH degenerative process (Fadda, Turriziani, Carlesimo, Nocentini, & Caltagirone, 1998), a large LH tumor (Hittmair-Delazer, Denes, Semenza, & Mantovani, 1994), and a left temporal lobe tumor (Shallice & Kartsounis, 1993).…”

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Cerebral Laterality for Famous Proper Nouns: Visual Recognition by Normal Subjects

Ohnesorge

Lancker

2001

Brain and Language

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“…It is worth noting that face names might constitute the most vulnerable PN category among others like for instance geographical names (Hanley & Kay, 1998 ). Numerous case studies have reported PN anomia (at least for person names) without or with only mild CN anomia (Carney & Temple, 1993 ; Cipolotti, 2000 ; Cohen et al, 1994 ; Fery et al, 1995 ; Fukatsu et al, 1999 ; Harris & Kay, 1995 ; Hittmair‐Delazer et al, 1994 ; Kurimoto et al, 2010 ; Lucchelli et al, 1997 ; Lucchelli & De Renzi, 1992 ; Martins & Farrajota, 2007 ; McKenna & Warrington, 1980 ; Otsuka et al, 2005 ; Papagno & Capitani, 1998 ; Saetti et al, 1999 ; Semenza & Zettin, 1988 ; Semenza & Zettin, 1989 ; Shallice & Kartsounis, 1993 ), but the inverse pattern (Cipolotti, 2000 ; Cipolotti et al, 1993 ; della Rocchetta et al, 1998 ; Lyons et al, 2002 ; Martins & Farrajota, 2007 ; McKenna & Warrington, 1978 ; Schmidt & Buchanan, 2004 ; Semenza & Sgaramella, 1993 ; Warrington & Clegg, 1993 ) occurs also occasionally, suggesting that the functional pathways related to PN and CN retrieval are at least partially segregated.…”

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The central role of the left inferior longitudinal fasciculus in the face‐name retrieval network

Burkhardt

Zemmoura

Hirsch

et al. 2023

Human Brain Mapping

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Unsuccessful retrieval of proper names (PNs) is commonly observed in patients suffering from neurological conditions such as stroke or epilepsy. While a large body of works has suggested that PN retrieval relies on a cortical network centered on the left anterior temporal lobe (ATL), much less is known about the white matter connections underpinning this process. Sparse studies provided evidence for a possible role of the uncinate fasciculus, but the inferior longitudinal fasciculus (ILF) might also contribute, since it mainly projects into the ATL, interconnects it with the posterior lexical interface and is engaged in common name (CN) retrieval. To ascertain this hypothesis, we assessed 58 patients having undergone a neurosurgery for a left low‐grade glioma by means of a famous face naming (FFN) task. The behavioural data were processed following a multilevel lesion approach, including location‐based analyses, voxel‐based lesion‐symptom mapping (VLSM) and disconnection‐symptom mapping. Different statistical models were generated to control for sociodemographic data, familiarity, biographical knowledge and control cognitive performances (i.e., semantic and episodic memory and CN retrieval). Overall, VLSM analyses indicated that damage to the mid‐to‐anterior part of the ventro‐basal temporal cortex was especially associated with PN retrieval deficits. As expected, tract‐oriented analyses showed that the left ILF was the most strongly associated pathway. Our results provide evidence for the pivotal role of the ILF in the PN retrieval network. This novel finding paves the way for a better understanding of the pathophysiological bases underlying PN retrieval difficulties in the various neurological conditions marked by white matter abnormalities.

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Prosopanomia? a possible category-specific anomia for faces

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I recognize your face but I can't remember your name: Is it because names are unique?

I recognize your face but I can't remember your name: Is it because names are unique?

Cerebral Laterality for Famous Proper Nouns: Visual Recognition by Normal Subjects

The central role of the left inferior longitudinal fasciculus in the face‐name retrieval network

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