Prosopagnosia: Introduction and review on evaluation methods, therapies and recent researches

Background and Aim : The face has a complex, three dimensional structure with some degree of motion.all faces are similar in some ways and this poses a challenge for the perception system. The human brain has a great ability to recognize faces, however some people are not able to recognize the face and they recognize other features like the sound of people. This type of perceptual disorder is called prosopagnosia. According to studies, prosopagnosia caused by damage to the right hemisphere, especialiy the posterior part. And the affected ares include ventral occipitotemporal,fusiform cortex and the anterior temporal cortex. Prosopagnosia can limit peoples lives and craet stressfull condition in their social and work environment. This manuscript intends to review the diagnostic,therapeutic methods and articles of the last ten years about this disorder.Methods : Search engines google scholar, pubmed and proquest were used. Articles are selected among which published from 2010 up to now.Results : For the purpose of the study, the keywords of the cognitive impairment and prosopagnosia were searched individually or in combination with the vocabulary of treatment, rehabilitation, occupational therapy and psychology.Conclusion : Understanding the symptoms of prosopagnosia and its evaluation methods enables therapists for early diagnosis, not only to avoid inappropriate labeling but also to inform the patient and those around him and initiate interventions as soon as possible. Using formal and informal test to diagnose Disorder and then providing adaptive and remedial therapies can reduce stress and increase the ability of sufferers.

کلیدواژه ها:

prosopagnosia ، evaluation ، neuroanatomy ، therapeutic ، rehabilitation