Hierarchies, similarity, and interactivity in object recognition: "category-specific" neuropsychological deficits.

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Category-specific impairments of object recognition and naming are among the most intriguing disorders in neuropsychology, affecting the retrieval of knowledge about either living or nonliving things. They can give us insight into the nature of our representations of objects: Have we evolved different neural systems for recognizing different categories of object? What kinds of knowledge are important for recognizing particular objects? How does visual similarity within a category influence ob...

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Authors: Humphreys, G; Forde, E

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Behavioral and brain sciences
• Volume: 24
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 453-476
• Publication date: 2001-06-01
• EISSN: 1469-1825
• ISSN: 0140-525X
• Language: English
• Keywords: Brain; Neuropsychology; Form Perception; Concept Formation; Semantics; Memory; Pattern Recognition, Visual; Models, Neurological; Humans