The present invention provides a method for processing a video signal, comprising generating a prediction block for a neighbor block using a reconstructed reference pixel of the neighbor block when the neighbor block adjacent to a current block is intra-coded; determining a refined intra prediction mode of the neighbor block based on the prediction block, where the refined intra prediction mode represents a mode which minimizes an error between the prediction block and a reconstructed neighbor block; generating a prediction mode candidate list for the current block based on the refined intra prediction mode; selecting an intra prediction mode for the current block from the prediction mode candidate list; and performing a prediction for the current block based on the intra prediction mode.