Department of Neurophysiology, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Deutschordenstraße 46, 60528, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Neuropsychol Rev. 2013 Jun;23(2):111-6. doi: 10.1007/s11065-012-9223-0. Epub 2012 Nov 15.
The term covert recognition refers to recognition without awareness. In the context of face recognition, it refers to the fact that some individuals show behavioural, electrophysiological or autonomic indices of recognition in the absence of overt, conscious recognition. Originally described in cases of people that have lost their ability to overtly recognize faces (acquired prosopagnosia, AP), covert face recognition has more recently also been described in cases of congenital prosopagnosia (CP), who never develop typical overt face recognition skills. The presence of covert processing in a developmental disorder such as CP is a particularly intriguing phenomenon, and its investigation is relevant for a variety of reasons. From a theoretical point of view, it is useful to help shed light on the cognitive and neural underpinnings of face recognition deficits. From a clinical point of view, it has the potential to aid the design of rehabilitation protocols aimed at improving face recognition skills in this population. In the current review we selectively summarize the recent literature on covert face recognition in CP, highlight its main findings, and provide a theoretical interpretation for them.
掩蔽识别是指无意识的识别。在人脸识别的背景下，它指的是一些个体在没有明显的、有意识的识别的情况下表现出行为、电生理或自主识别的指标。最初在那些无法明显识别面孔的人（获得性面孔失认症，AP）的病例中描述，掩蔽人脸识别最近也在先天性面孔失认症（CP）的病例中描述，他们从未发展出典型的明显面孔识别技能。在 CP 等发育障碍中存在掩蔽处理是一个特别有趣的现象，其研究具有多种原因。从理论角度来看，有助于揭示面孔识别缺陷的认知和神经基础。从临床角度来看，它有可能帮助设计旨在提高该人群面孔识别技能的康复方案。在目前的综述中，我们选择性地总结了 CP 中掩蔽人脸识别的最新文献，强调了其主要发现，并为这些发现提供了理论解释。
