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ArticleAnnals of translational medicine2025

Impaired face identity discrimination in individuals with cerebral visual impairment: a pilot study.

Kerri Walter, Claire E Manley, Lotfi B Merabet, Peter J Bex

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4 authors.

Kerri WalterThe Translational Vision Lab, Department of Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6599-1421
Claire E ManleyThe Laboratory for Visual Neuroplasticity, Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Lotfi B MerabetThe Laboratory for Visual Neuroplasticity, Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Peter J BexThe Translational Vision Lab, Department of Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.

Funding

ARBi - Assessment and Rehabilitation of Binocular Sensorimotor DisordersR01EY032162 · NEI · NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY · PI Peter John Bex, David G HUNTER · 2022 to 2026
$2.4M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY032162
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Cerebral visual impairment (CVI) is the leading cause of pediatric visual impairment and results from brain-related injury or maldevelopment. Higher-order visual processing deficits are commonly reported and can include difficulties recognizing faces, which can adversely affect the development of communication and socialization skills. In this study, we aimed to measure face discrimination ability in CVI compared to controls using a rapid, self-administered, remote paradigm. Methods: We quantified face discrimination ability with a Foraging Interactive D-prime (FInD) paradigm that measured the threshold distance between Basel Model Faces required for participants to report whether faces were of the same or different people. We measured face discrimination thresholds in 8 control and 8 CVI participants viewing forward-facing and tilted faces. Results: Face discrimination thresholds were significantly higher for CVI than control participants [t(13)=-3.439, P=0.004]. Contrary to controls, CVI participants showed no significant difference between forward-facing and tilted faces [t Conclusions: These findings quantify a face processing deficit in individuals with CVI and show that this impairment is independent of visual acuity. We hypothesize that while control participants can exploit point-wise comparisons between identical images, individuals with CVI possibly do not utilize this additional source of information.

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Face processingneuroophthalmologyvisionvisual impairment

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PMCPMC12432627

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