“Prosopagnosia” is characterized by :
a) Inability to read
b) Inability to identify faces
c) Inability to write
d) Inability to speak
Correct Answer - B
Ans. B. Inability to identify faces
Prosopagnosia is a recognition deficit in which the patient is unable
to recognize familiar faces.
Face and object recognition deficits are known as prosopagnosia
and visual object agnosia respectively.
The characteristic lesions in prosopagnosia and visual object
agnosia consists of a bilateral infarction in the territory of the
posterior cerebral arteries and involve lingual and fusiform gyri.