List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The structure and function of the healthy adult face processing system -- The cognitive psychology of face recognition -- The cognitive neuroscience of face processing -- The social value of the face -- Focus chapter: are faces special? -- Acquired and neuropsychiatric disorders of face processing -- Acquired prosopagnosia -- Delusional misidentification syndrome -- Face processing deficits in neuropsychiatric disorders -- Focus chapter: what are the theoretical implications of acquired and neuropsychiatric disorders of face processing? -- Developmental disorders of face processing -- The development of the healthy face processing system -- Developmental prosopagnosia -- Face processing deficits in socio-developmental disorders -- Focus chapter: what are the theoretical implications of developmental disorders of face processing? -- The impact, assessment and treatment of face processing deficits -- Living in a world without faces -- Assessment of face processing deficits -- Treatment of face processing deficits -- Focus chapter: integration of theory and practice.