Familial Transmission of Developmental Prosopagnosia: New Case Reports from an Extended Family and Identical Twins

Autor: Sarah Bate, Ebony Murray, Rachel J. Bennetts
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Brain Sciences, Vol 14, Iss 1, p 49 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2076-3425
88439461
DOI: 10.3390/brainsci14010049
Popis: Existing evidence suggests that developmental prosopagnosia (DP) is a surprisingly prevalent condition, with some individuals describing lifelong difficulties with facial identity recognition. Together with case reports of multiple family members with the condition, this evidence suggests that DP is inherited in at least some instances. Here, we offer some novel case series that further support the heritability of the condition. First, we describe five adult siblings who presented to our lab with symptoms of DP. Second, for the first known time in the literature, we describe a pair of adult identical twins who contacted us in the belief that they both experience DP. The condition was confirmed in three of the five siblings (with minor symptoms observed in the remaining two) and in both twins. Supplementary assessments suggested that all individuals also experienced some degree of difficulty with facial identity perception, but that object recognition was preserved. These findings bolster the evidence supporting the heritability of DP and suggest that it can be a specific impairment in some cases.
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