PSYB10H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Representativeness Heuristic, Porphyria, Insomnia
12 Dec 2011
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On january 30, 1988, he decided to go for a run after a hard day of studying, it ws dark, rainy evening and he crossed a street and was hit by a car. He sustained severe brain damage, leaving him unable to recognize things. He could see objects but didn"t know what they were (visual agnosia). Winocur, specialist in memory at trent, met chappell. Chappell didn"t touch the cup of coffee that dr. winocur served hi, which wasn"t unusual. One day, however, chappell happened to run into winocur and greeted him by name. It became apparent that chappell does recognize faces. He doesn"t recognize arms, legs or feet or faces that are upside down/sideways. Chappell was teamed up with 2 neuropsychologists and found that he was able to recognize faces extending to photographs caricatures and cartoon faces. (gautheir, behrmann, and tarr, 1999; moscovitch, winocur & behrmann, 1997)
