A research study found that prosopagnosic patients who were not able to recognize the faces of family members, showed nevertheless_____, which suggests unconscious recognition.

 

a.associative agnosia

b.an increase in selective attention

c.an increase in galvanic skin response 

d.a decrease in galvanic skin response

e.an abnormal behavior

 

A research study found that prosopagnosic patients who were not able to recognize the faces of family members, showed nevertheless _____________, which suggests unconscious recognition.

a. associative agnosia

b. an increase in selective attention

c. an increase in galvanic skin response 

d. a decrease in galvanic skin response

e. an abnormal behavior

Step-by-step explanation

A research study found that prosopagnosic patients who were not able to recognize the faces of family members, showed nevertheless _____________, which suggests unconscious recognition.

a. associative agnosia

b. an increase in selective attention

c. an increase in galvanic skin response 

d. a decrease in galvanic skin response

e. an abnormal behavior

Patients with associative agnosia do not recognize objects but can describe them (identifying the object's parts, but never as a whole) and draw them by copying. In that sense, this study might have found that this happens with prosopagnosic patients as well. So, it indicates that despite actively not recognizing faces or not knowing who the face he/she' s looking at belongs to, the person can see the face and its parts, like the eyes, nose, mouth, etc, which indicates that to a certain extent, the patient perceives the face, even if he or she consciously does not recognize its owner.