The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat

This is a famous psychology story first brought to popular culture by Oliver Sacks. This gives a peak into the world of Neuroscience and The Science of the brain.

References

MRI study - Glioblastoma

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In support of the face-specificity model

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Faces verses Lepidoptera

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Expert-Individuation Hypothesis

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A deficit in Facial Recollection

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Coping Strategies for Face Blindness

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Guess Who?

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Study on Monkeys: In support of Neurolink

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