Developing rehabilitation training for children and adults with developmental prosopagnosia

Citation

Lowes J (2022) Developing rehabilitation training for children and adults with developmental prosopagnosia. The British Psychological Society. The Cognitive Psychology Bulletin: BPS Postgraduate Rapid Grant Award Reports, Issue 7. https://shop.bps.org.uk/the-cognitive-psychology-bulletin-issue-7-spring-2022

Abstract
First paragraph: The overall aim of my PhD is to develop and test training interventions for people with developmental prosopagnosia (DP). DP is a lifelong neurodevelopmental condition that results in severe face recognition problems. The prevalence of DP is estimated to be between 1.2 per cent – 4.0 per cent in children (Bennetts et al., 2017), making it almost as prevalent as severe dyslexia (~5%, The Dyslexia Association, 2019) and more common than autism (~ 0.6%, World Health Organisation, 2019). Individuals with DP can experience profound negative psychosocial consequences including anxiety, embarrassment and social isolation. The inability of children with DP to recognise caregivers also has important safety implications (Adams et al., 2020; Dalrymple et al., 2014).

Keywords
face recognition; developmental prosopagnosia; cognitive rehabilitation;

People

Ms Judith Lowes

Tutor (ASF), Psychology