i don't know if everyone caught the article about PA in yesterday's economist. http://economist.com/science/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3445743 as my husband...
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Glenn Alperin
glennalperin
Dec 4, 2004 8:02 am
... Well, they'll just have to learn that it is quite phonetically pleasing to pronounce, really not that hard once you break apart the syllables. :-) The...
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Bill Choisser
billchoisser
Dec 4, 2004 4:12 pm
... It still trips my spell checker. It will be interesting to see when it stops. We are getting more well-known all the time. Because the word is used by a...
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Glenn Alperin
glennalperin
Dec 4, 2004 7:15 pm
... Yes to all of these questions, but will I be able to remember these details at a later point in time? Maybe, but probably not. Don't forget, the apples ...
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christopher cody
cody1877
Dec 10, 2004 12:51 pm
Bill thanks for your book i downloaded in 1999 . Was first time i was made aware of Prosopagnosia(maybe i can pronounce in another 5 years) one of things that...
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charles_w_2000
Dec 10, 2004 12:51 pm
Face Blind vs Perception of Motion (football, basketball, baseball) Possibly related or not?...
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Bill Choisser
billchoisser
Dec 10, 2004 10:10 pm
... I don't have anything like the second hand moving backwards when it is at a certain angle. The kids' science museum here, though, has a cool exhibit. All...
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chris cody
cody1877
Dec 10, 2004 11:03 pm
Charles. From my experiance with moving objects and face blindnes i would think there could be correlation to slowness in parts of brain that processes...
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zachmakes3
Dec 12, 2004 1:16 am
Hello everyone! I just joined this group because I think my 6yo son with Asperger's Disorder might be face blind. When he was very little he would get highly...
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C B Bonham
cb_bonham
Dec 12, 2004 1:54 am
One thing you can do for your son is to teach him how to identify people by features other than their face. Stories, advertisement, expressions, assumptions;...
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chris cody
cody1877
Dec 12, 2004 4:51 pm
This is Chris Cody and I am 59 years old and am face blind and have Asperger Syndrom , I grew up at a time when there was no information of Asperer's or Face ...
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chris cody
cody1877
Dec 12, 2004 8:04 pm
One of the most difficult areas in children with Asperger's it is fine line eliminating negative aspects of syndrome and destroying the special god given...
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juddtrichter
Dec 14, 2004 10:09 am
My family made fun of me as a kid because I never recognized anyone. I remember watching television one day and a news show came on that a had a young man on...
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C B Bonham
cb_bonham
Dec 14, 2004 10:22 am
I can recognize some celebrities but I can't identify my children or my best friend. Apparently celebrities are processed in another part of the brain than...
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lewisac
Dec 14, 2004 3:05 pm
Judd, Those celebrity "quizzes" test your ability to recognize the person, not their face. Like you said, you're using specific features to recognize...
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Mary Zeiler
marymaria56
Dec 14, 2004 6:21 pm
judd, sorry your family made fun of you. it's normal to be able to recognize your brother, assuming you are familiar with him, that is, one of you wasn't...
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Judd Trichter
juddtrichter
Dec 14, 2004 6:38 pm
Thanks! Makes sense. I'd love to try one of those tests where everyone's head is shaved or something. Doubt I'd do too well. ... Judd, Those celebrity...
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juddtrichter
Dec 14, 2004 6:38 pm
... I've never had a problem interacting with other actors I'm working with, and I've been working since I was 12. I don't think about it consciously, but if...
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Bill Choisser
billchoisser
Dec 14, 2004 7:13 pm
Thoughts on the "I can recognize some celebrities" issue.... We are face blind, not totally blind. If we see an actor, or anyone else, actually, we see...
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lewisac
Dec 14, 2004 8:02 pm
I assume everyone's seen this 10 times already, but i figured I'd post it. (Four separate people have forwarded it to me in the past day :) ...
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Judd Trichter
juddtrichter
Dec 14, 2004 8:24 pm
Mary Thanks for your letter. It makes a lot of sense. As for reading emotion and showing emotion, I don't think I have any problems there (an ex-girlfriend...
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C B Bonham
cb_bonham
Dec 14, 2004 8:25 pm
... ==I was raised in a distancing experience: Not by wolves but by my adoptive family then reunited with my biological family and their children 40 years...
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Bill Choisser
billchoisser
Dec 14, 2004 8:49 pm
... What works best for me is to look at the channel number. Bill...
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Elizabeth Hensley
atomdancerrr
Dec 14, 2004 9:43 pm
I hadn't. Thank you! And Merry Christmas! ... From: lewisac <lewisac@...> Sent: Dec 14, 2004 3:00 PM To: faceblind@yahoogroups.com Subject: [faceblind]...
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Oliver Coningham
onefunkydj@...
Dec 14, 2004 11:18 pm
Hi everyone, I just thought i'd let you know, as i'm unsure as to how many people on here are from the UK, that there was a section on the BBC news devoted to...
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jim7416@...
jim7416
Dec 15, 2004 3:25 am
In a message dated 12/14/04 1:40:33 PM Eastern Standard Time, trixta@... writes: Thanks! Makes sense. I'd love to try one of those tests where...
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chris cody
cody1877
Dec 15, 2004 5:59 am
Mary your description of mental rollodex as it is the way I treat faces and names and words.Only thing is when I start with A's and work my way -Z cards for my...
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chris cody
cody1877
Dec 15, 2004 6:14 am
Oliver I for one can't recognise one animal from another of same spesies. cats and bird's , dogs of same color but differnt markings still look same. My son...
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chris cody
cody1877
Dec 15, 2004 6:52 am
Charles As discusion on face blindnes is going on on three yahoo groups I would like to put links to four site's with your permission. chris cody ...
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ktfullman
Dec 15, 2004 8:32 am
Hi all, I've never used Yahoo before, but had to join this group. I believe I have suffered Face Blindness all of my life. The general description I have...
