After Suffering a Head Injury in an Auto Accident,Alyssa Says

After suffering a head injury in an auto accident,Alyssa says that she remembers what her mother looks like,and she can accurately recall many of her mother's distinctive facial features.However,when she is shown pictures of her mother,Alyssa is unable to recognize who it is,even though she can see clearly.Use your understanding of the functioning brain to account for Alyssa's strange pattern of experience.