Neuroscientists have examined the brain of a person with object agnosia, a deficit in the ability to recognize objects, and have uncovered the neural mechanisms of object recognition. The results ...

A unique window into the sophisticated brain mechanisms critical for object recognition is being provided by a study examining the brain of a person with object agnosia, a defect in the inability to ...

A study examining the brain of a person with object agnosia, a defect in the inability to recognize objects, is providing a unique window into the sophisticated brain mechanisms critical for object ...

The idea that vision treats object shape in a holistic manner has been a basic theme running through theoretical accounts of perception from early gestalt psychology 11 to more contemporary cognitive ...

PITTSBURGH—Certain brain injuries can cause people to lose the ability to visually recognize objects — for example, confusing a harmonica for a cash register. Neuroscientists from Carnegie Mellon ...