Developmental prosopagnosia, commonly known as face blindness, affects every aspect of daily life, leaving many patients unable to pick out even their closest relatives in ordinary encounters, new ...
Sadie Dingfelder is the author of Do I Know You?A Face Blind Reporter’s Journey Into the Science of Sight, Memory and Imagination. Science writer Sadie Dingfelder always knew she was different but ...
Fifteen pairs of eyes stared into the gloaming. An hour passed before someone spied the faintest wisp of smoke on the horizon. The wisp drew closer, becoming something larger, winged, and muscular: ...
In Thursday's Daily Dose, a viewer has a friend who suffered brain trauma and now can't recognize friends if they have a hat on. They want to know if this is known as any sort of syndrome. Dr. Lacy ...
I have a friend who never forgets a face. She can bump into people she hasn't seen in decades and recognize them immediately. I am amazed by her ability, have nicknamed her "the woman with two brains, ...
Danish and Norwegian researchers have moved one step closer to understanding where face blindness stems from in the brain. The condition affects approximately 2% of the population. Although we mainly ...