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Disorders of facial recognition, social behaviour and affect after combined bilateral amygdalotomy and subcaudate tractotomy — a clinical and experimental study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Robin Jacobson
Robin Jacobson*
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiarty, London
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1 Address for correspondence: Dr R. R. Jacobson, St George's Hospital, Medical School, Jenner wing, Cranmer Terrace, London SW1 70RE.
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Synopsis A case of a 37-year-old patient, 10 years after bilateral amygdalotomy and subcaudate tractotomy for chronic self-mutilation, is described. The clinical picture revealed a complex mental state, including disorders of facial recognition, social behaviour, affect and elements of the Kluver–Bucy syndrome. Mild selective deficits were demonstrated psychometrically in the recognition of familiar and unfamiliar faces. Certain features have been described in rhesus monkeys, but have not previously been reported in humans. Primate studies are discussed, with particular reference to the role of the amygdala in facial recognition.

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Psychological Medicine , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , May 1986 , pp. 439 - 450
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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