In a classic study, Tranel and Damasio found that prosopagnosics
A) were also agnostic.
B) displayed appropriate galvanic skin responses to familiar faces they could not consciously recognize.
C) did not display galvanic skin responses to faces they could consciously recognize.
D) could consciously recognize faces if they were familiar.
E) both C and D
Answer: B
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