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Prosopagnosia is a condition that can make it impossible to recognize the faces of others, from friends to movie characters to parents. To varying degrees, it affects about two percent of people.
While anyone can have trouble recognizing faces and names, prosopagnosics can’t even identify their own parents and relatives. They rely on non-facial information like hair color, gait, and tone of voice to distinguish people.
Prosopagnosics often complain that they have trouble following movies or television shows, because they cannot recognize characters and keep up with the plot.
Though researchers have sought cures, no therapies have demonstrated lasting improvements.
Short clip of a woman with prosopagnosia---the inability to recognize faces.
Prosopagnosia - YouTube
Living With Face Blindness - Sanjana Chowhan - The Atlantic
While anyone can have trouble recognizing faces and names, prosopagnosics can’t even identify their own parents and relatives. They rely on non-facial information like hair color, gait, and tone of voice to distinguish people.
Prosopagnosics often complain that they have trouble following movies or television shows, because they cannot recognize characters and keep up with the plot.
Though researchers have sought cures, no therapies have demonstrated lasting improvements.
Short clip of a woman with prosopagnosia---the inability to recognize faces.
Prosopagnosia - YouTube
Living With Face Blindness - Sanjana Chowhan - The Atlantic
