Adults have moderate-to-good insight into their face recognition ability: Further validation of the 20-item Prosopagnosia Index in a Portuguese sample

doi:10.1177/1747021818765652

. 2018 Dec;71(12):2677-2679.

doi: 10.1177/1747021818765652. Epub 2018 May 7.

Adults have moderate-to-good insight into their face recognition ability: Further validation of the 20-item Prosopagnosia Index in a Portuguese sample

Paulo Ventura¹, Lucy Anne Livingston², Punit Shah³

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¹ Faculty of Psychology, University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal.
² Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
³ Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, UK.

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DOI: 10.1177/1747021818765652

Adults have moderate-to-good insight into their face recognition ability: Further validation of the 20-item Prosopagnosia Index in a Portuguese sample

Paulo Ventura et al. Q J Exp Psychol (Hove). 2018 Dec.

. 2018 Dec;71(12):2677-2679.

doi: 10.1177/1747021818765652. Epub 2018 May 7.

Authors

Paulo Ventura¹, Lucy Anne Livingston², Punit Shah³

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Psychology, University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal.
² Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
³ Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, UK.

PMID: 29504464
PMCID: PMC6293437
DOI: 10.1177/1747021818765652

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**Figure 1.**
The significant correlations between PI20-Portuguese scores and performance on the Famous Faces Recognition Test (FFRT; r = –.39, p < .0001) and the Cambridge Face Memory Test (CFMT; r = –.43, p < .0001).

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[1] Bobak A. K., Pampoulov P., Bate S. (2016). Detecting superior face recognition skills in a large sample of young British adults. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, 1378. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01378 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[2] Bobak A. K., Pampoulov P., Bate S. (2016). Detecting superior face recognition skills in a large sample of young British adults. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, 1378. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01378 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[3] Burton A. M., White D., McNeill A. (2010). The Glasgow face matching test. Behavioral Research Methods, 42, 286–291. doi:10.3758/BRM.42.1.286 - DOI - PubMed

[4] Burton A. M., White D., McNeill A. (2010). The Glasgow face matching test. Behavioral Research Methods, 42, 286–291. doi:10.3758/BRM.42.1.286 - DOI - PubMed

[5] Duchaine B., Nakayama K. (2006). The Cambridge face memory test: Results for neurologically intact individuals and an investigation of its validity using inverted face stimuli and prosopagnosic participants. Neuropsychologia, 44, 576–585. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2005.07.001 - PubMed

[6] Duchaine B., Nakayama K. (2006). The Cambridge face memory test: Results for neurologically intact individuals and an investigation of its validity using inverted face stimuli and prosopagnosic participants. Neuropsychologia, 44, 576–585. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2005.07.001 - PubMed

[7] Gray K., Bird G., Cook R. (2017). Robust associations between the 20-item prosopagnosia index and the Cambridge face memory test in the general population. Royal Society Open Science, 4, 160923. doi:10.1098/rsos.160923 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[8] Gray K., Bird G., Cook R. (2017). Robust associations between the 20-item prosopagnosia index and the Cambridge face memory test in the general population. Royal Society Open Science, 4, 160923. doi:10.1098/rsos.160923 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[9] Livingston L. A., Shah P. (2017). People with and without prosopagnosia have insight into their face recognition ability. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. Advance online publication. Retrieved from 10.1080/17470218.2017.1310911 - DOI - PubMed

[10] Livingston L. A., Shah P. (2017). People with and without prosopagnosia have insight into their face recognition ability. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. Advance online publication. Retrieved from 10.1080/17470218.2017.1310911 - DOI - PubMed

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