TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF FIGURES ……………………………………………………………………………………………… iii
LIST OF TABLES ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. iv
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ………………………………………………………………………………………v
ABSTRACT………………………………………………………………………………………………………… vi
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION …………………………………………………………………………… 1
The Coordinate Relations Hypothesis ……………………………………………………………….. 3
Alternatives to the Coordinate Relations Hypothesis …………………………………………… 7
Prosopagnosic Experiments ……………………………………………………………………………. 14
The Present Experiments ……………………………………………………………………………….. 17
CHAPTER 2. EXPERIMENT 1 …………………………………………………………………………… 20
Method ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 20
Participants……………………………………………………………………………………………… 20
Test of prosopagnosia …………………………………………………………………………. 20
Nature of the acquired prosopagnosia……………………………………………………. 20
Age-matched and gender- matched control …………………………………………….. 21
Materials…………………………………………………………………………………………………. 21
Design and Procedure ………………………………………………………………………………. 24
Results …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 24
Discussion ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 30
CHAPTER 3. EXPERIMENT 2 …………………………………………………………………………… 32
Method ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 32
Participants……………………………………………………………………………………………… 32
Materials…………………………………………………………………………………………………. 32
Design and Procedure ………………………………………………………………………………. 35
Results …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 35
Discussion ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 43
CHAPTER 4. GENERAL DISCUSSION ……………………………………………………………… 46
REFERENCES ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 50
APPENDIX. INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD APPROVAL…………………………… 57