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...
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. ...
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 ...
... 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Brad Duchaine
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Mar 6, 2005 3:30 pm
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... area of faces, but categorically in complex objects? ... Agnosia - and most prosopagnosiacs (like that word??) actually test for visual agnosia in other...
... 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...
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...
... 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...
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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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...
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...
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...
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...
... *** 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...
From: <NiffMarie@...>> As far as "going through with intuition" recognizing people, do you find that your assessments of others are strikingly accurate...
... 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...
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...
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...
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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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...
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 ...
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...
*** 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...
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...
I was very nearsighted and ... *** I doubt whether these traits are related to face blindness. I am nearsighted and photosensitive also. Nearsightedness comes...
... My particular difficulties relate mostly to faces, but as you suggest for possibilities, I also have some difficulties in other complex objects, though ...
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