Faceblind
This article in Wired, about people who are developmentally incapable of recognizing faces (a condition previously thought only to occur in victims of brain damage) is fascinating. The best guess of these researchers is that two percent of the population is faceblind....
It's hard for me to imagine what a challenge it must be to go through life this way. If you, or someone you know, has a really hard time recognizing people, point them to faceblind.org.
It's hard for me to imagine what a challenge it must be to go through life this way. If you, or someone you know, has a really hard time recognizing people, point them to faceblind.org.
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While I wouldn't say I'm face blind, I can kind of relate. There are certain people who I've seen on numerous social occasions but who can't recognize out of context, and if you were to ask me to describe them now I'd have to say, Um, medium build, brown hair *shrug*. Same with thin, blonde women. I can't tell them apart. I always thought that was pretty normal, though.
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