In some cases of brain damage, the patient fails to recognize faces, yet can point out individual components of the face such as the eyes and nose. What do patients such as these seem to be having trouble with?
A) segregating figure (facial features) from ground (the whole face)
B) compensating for their own eye movements
C) seeing the gestalt
D) binocular disparity

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Patients with this condition, known as prosopagnosia, have difficulty perceiving the overall structure or gestalt of the face, which is necessary for recognition. They can see individual features but cannot integrate them into a coherent whole.

In Some Cases of Brain Damage, the Patient Fails to Recognize