Journal of Capital Medical University ›› 2016, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (2): 172-175.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-7795.2016.02.013

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Progress in the neural cognitive mechanism of familiar people recognition disorders

Jia Hongxiao1,2, Zhou Yong1, Zhu Hong1   

  1. 1. Beijing Key Laboratory for Mental Disorders, Center of Schizophrenia, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100088, China;
    2. Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China
  • Received:2015-09-20 Online:2016-04-21 Published:2016-04-14
  • Supported by:
    This study was supported by Wuxi Municipal Science and Technology Bureau Program (CSE01N1233).

Abstract: This article describes the progress in the neural cognitive mechanism of familiar people recognition disorders: 1The anatomical structures and the cognitive processes involved in face recognition; 2the anatomical structures and the cognitive processes involved in face and voice recognition; 3 the interactions that exist among the perceptual processes subsuming face and voice recognition, but not people's faces, voices and proper names; 4the different roles of the right and left hemisphere in identifying people by face, voice and name; 5 pivotal role of anterior temporal lobe system impairment in the familiar people recognition disorders.

Key words: familiar people recognition, faces, voices, proper names

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