I am Valerie Bauman, a reporter for the Associated Press in Raleigh, North Carolina. I am interested in pitching a feature story to my editor about face...
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Mimi Sheiner
imim94530
Mar 1, 2005 7:17 pm
Hi Valerie - Even if you do not find someone in the Raleigh-Durham Triangle with face blindness, a story on the subject might bring them out of the woodwork. ...
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C B Bonham
cb_bonham
Mar 1, 2005 10:19 pm
My sincere apology to the blond's reading this. My policy is not to propagate dumb blond humor except I am passing this joke on because I thought it was ...
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Glenn Alperin
glennalperin
Mar 1, 2005 11:21 pm
... Hi Valerie! I'm not in the Raleigh/Durham area, but I have some relatives by marriage who are. Does that count? ;-) Seriously though, it is my personal...
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mary zeiler
aiw4us
Mar 2, 2005 12:57 am
bonnie, my blonde daughter has a tactic of collecting blonde jokes. she loves this one. she had that "i'm almost bored, mom... this better be good..." look on...
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Elizabeth Hensley
atomdancerrr
Mar 2, 2005 6:06 pm
This is way off topic but may make your daugher chuckle. I am blonde. I went to an Native American pow wow a couple of Thanksgiving's ago, and I overheard...
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NiffMarie@...
niffmarie
Mar 6, 2005 1:46 pm
Have any of you found that your visual memory isn't impaired just in the area of faces, but categorically in complex objects? I read an article yesterday...
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Brad Duchaine
brad@...
Mar 6, 2005 3:30 pm
Hi Jen, The question that you asked is one that psychologists and neurologists have been trying to answer for some time. Many prosopagnosics also have trouble...
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Bill Choisser
billchoisser
Mar 6, 2005 4:25 pm
... area of faces, but categorically in complex objects? ... Agnosia - and most prosopagnosiacs (like that word??) actually test for visual agnosia in other...
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Leif Ekblad
rdos2
Mar 6, 2005 4:26 pm
... I disagree. I think the difference in face recognition is genetic, and thus need have no correspondence with other brain functions. If the brain actually...
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BITXUVERINOSA
btxvrns
Mar 6, 2005 5:49 pm
From: <NiffMarie@...> ... yes, i do it a lot. last week i had several work interviews. i wouldn't recognize any of the interviewers if i came across...
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Bill Choisser
billchoisser
Mar 6, 2005 6:13 pm
... I am attracted to men, and I am utterly unable to recognize women. Ditto for children of both sexes. I am not attracted to children, so this leads me to...
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Brad Duchaine
brad@...
Mar 6, 2005 7:16 pm
Leif, you're right that many cases of prosopagnosia are genetic in nature. However, it appears that these genetic differences result in the development of...
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mary zeiler
aiw4us
Mar 6, 2005 8:11 pm
hi maria, which article was it you read and who wrote it? ... as others have said, some people with PA are impaired for faces only and others for faces and...
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NiffMarie@...
niffmarie
Mar 6, 2005 8:20 pm
I have a hard time recognizing guys who mostly look alike - short hair, dark, brown eyes, similar color skin. I attend university in Miami and most of the guys...
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NiffMarie@...
niffmarie
Mar 6, 2005 8:24 pm
I've mostly given up on trying to recognize faces. I've always been very introverted, and until I met my DH, had few friends - mostly on the internet. I'm...
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mary zeiler
aiw4us
Mar 6, 2005 8:55 pm
hi marie, at least on the surface, i'm an extrovert. i'm been working with a researcher at berkeley, off and on, for about a year and a half. he's had the...
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C B Bonham
cb_bonham
Mar 6, 2005 9:14 pm
... *** Yes. Like not recognizing faces I thought I was not paying attention when I couldn't find an object--your post gives occasion to ponder. I will look...
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BITXUVERINOSA
btxvrns
Mar 6, 2005 11:46 pm
From: <NiffMarie@...>> As far as "going through with intuition" recognizing people, do you find that your assessments of others are strikingly accurate...
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NiffMarie@...
niffmarie
Mar 7, 2005 3:49 am
... Perhaps. Sometimes I can sense things about people - like what their motives are and such. Sometimes I've been able to sense things about someone that no...
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NiffMarie@...
niffmarie
Mar 7, 2005 3:53 am
Are normal people able to see others' faces in their minds after that person is gone? I remember once, when I was young, I liked a guy, but it frustrated me...
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NiffMarie@...
niffmarie
Mar 7, 2005 3:58 am
Perhaps. Sometimes I can sense things about people - like what their motives are and such. Sometimes I've been able to sense things about someone that no one...
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zusia@...
Mar 7, 2005 4:00 am
In a message dated 3/6/2005 7:55:54 PM Pacific Standard Time, NiffMarie@... writes: Are normal people able to see others' faces in their minds after...
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Elizabeth Hensley
atomdancerrr
Mar 7, 2005 4:03 am
My response to various posts When I get a new car I immediately plaster it with bumper stickers in front, back and on both sides. I'm a pretty opinionated...
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C B Bonham
cb_bonham
Mar 7, 2005 4:13 am
recognizing patterns of behavior, so maybe ... *** Yes. I recognize people by the pattern of their walk: sway to the side, tilt head, legs under hips or legs ...
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NiffMarie@...
niffmarie
Mar 7, 2005 4:21 am
Aerodynamic requirements to achieve mandated gas mileage have caused cars of various makes to look more and more alike as each decade has rolled by. Also in...
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NiffMarie@...
niffmarie
Mar 7, 2005 4:24 am
*** It's almost like I walk through life recognizing people by intuition or feeling *** Yes. I couldn't find the right words to describe one way I identify...
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NiffMarie@...
niffmarie
Mar 7, 2005 4:34 am
Concerning possible brain damage. I do not know what caused my prosopagnosia. I was very nearsighted and oversensitive to light for years and years before it...
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C B Bonham
cb_bonham
Mar 7, 2005 5:22 am
I was very nearsighted and ... *** I doubt whether these traits are related to face blindness. I am nearsighted and photosensitive also. Nearsightedness comes...
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Glenn Alperin
glennalperin
Mar 7, 2005 7:43 am
... My particular difficulties relate mostly to faces, but as you suggest for possibilities, I also have some difficulties in other complex objects, though ...
