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3518
Your dating and waiter stories just made me realize how I meet and recognize most people nowadays--cell phones. I get to the agreed on destination and...
Deena Larsen
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Mar 1, 2006
3:03 pm
3519
I am new to the group and want to introduce myself. A week or so ago a group of us got together an one lady was complaining about a relative that never came...
Pedro Saavedra
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Mar 2, 2006
8:30 pm
3520
... *** Pedro, your introduction mirrors our stories. *** *** ...one lady was complaining about a relative ... ...I mentioned that I avoided many events... ...
C B Bonham
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Mar 2, 2006
10:03 pm
3521
I was very excited to find this list online. I happened to be surfing around the net, and happened across something that mentioned face-blindness. I had no...
Aimee
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Mar 8, 2006
7:16 am
3522
Hi everyone! I'm a freelance television producer based in London, England. I am trying to put together a possible documentary on Prosopagnosia which I can then...
emmatvlondon
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Mar 9, 2006
5:02 pm
3523
Cornell University experimented with hamsters to find the hippocampus is implicated for recognition memory in humans. The research psychologists put a hamster...
C B Bonham
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Mar 12, 2006
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3524
As a dyslexic there are people who suggest we use a different part of the brain to process written words. Ron Davis wrote a book THE GIFT OF DYSLEXIA where he...
D K
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Mar 12, 2006
3:21 pm
3525
In a message dated 3/12/2006 12:40:49 AM Pacific Standard Time, cb_bonham@... writes: When the hamster's hippocampus was numbed with an anesthetisa...
zusia@...
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Mar 12, 2006
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3526
... Hamsters have HORRIBLE sight and mostly 'see' and recognise via smell. I'm currently trying to tame down a very bite-y and territorial Syrian hamster, and...
Mat
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Mar 12, 2006
5:55 pm
3527
... was using ... *** I found the article presented the experiment as if the scientists were narrow in their consideration of how the hamster recognized other...
C B Bonham
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Mar 12, 2006
6:26 pm
3528
I just got back from a delightful cruise to Tahiti and wish I could figure out which waiter did me a particular favour. I was with a tour group who included...
A. Campbell
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Mar 13, 2006
6:06 am
3529
... I'm quite a lost cause at identifying waiters, so I can offer little in the way of assistance here, except to say that I understand your pain. ... I never...
Glenn Alperin
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Mar 13, 2006
6:15 am
3530
I've always hated comic strips (though not single cartoons) - the strips seem so much harder work than just reading words on a page. Jo...
Jo Livingston
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Mar 13, 2006
10:35 am
3531
I've been so relieved to find these face blind sites in the last few weeks - just putting a name to the condition is a great help. Also I've been recognising...
fiatbertone2
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Mar 13, 2006
10:46 am
3532
AMEN ! to both issues. I always have to ask someone else in my party if so and so is our waiter. Even though I'm uncomfortable in most social situations, I...
Keith Thompson
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Mar 13, 2006
2:42 pm
3533
Hi Jo, I just wanted to say welcome to the list. Having just recently identified prosopagnosia myself, after knowing something wasn't right with my...
Dawn Lloyd
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Mar 13, 2006
3:19 pm
3534
How do they know it has anything to do with recognition? Maybe the part of the brain they numbed is where "common sense" is located. Maybe he said, "Hey look,...
ambeeba
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Mar 13, 2006
6:16 pm
3535
I never considered before that my favorite comic strips are the ones with distinctive characters. It is socially acceptable to say, "I don't like ...
C B Bonham
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Mar 13, 2006
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3536
In a message dated 3/13/2006 10:18:23 AM Pacific Standard Time, april.beeba@... writes: How do they know it has anything to do with recognition?...
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Mar 13, 2006
8:12 pm
3537
Hi My only advice on tipping waiters is to always have pen and paper with you. I always write a short note to the manager, saying the waiter that served us at...
Deena Larsen
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Mar 13, 2006
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3538
In a message dated 3/13/2006 1:05:42 PM Pacific Standard Time, deenalarsen@... writes: How do I work with this amorphous group of people who I...
zusia@...
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Mar 13, 2006
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3539
Hi Deena, About your IT colleagues - if they are such a changing group it sounds as if "normal" people could have trouble keeping track of them (though of...
Jo Livingston
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Mar 13, 2006
10:37 pm
3540
I don't know what country you are in, but here in the U.S.A we just leave the money on the table when we are done eating and the waiter gets it. ... From: "Jo...
Elizabeth Hensley
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Mar 13, 2006
11:28 pm
3541
This is one time when it might benefit you to go through the trouble of explaining face blindness. A brief explanation and how face blindness affects your...
C B Bonham
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Mar 14, 2006
2:43 am
3542
I like Boondocks, mostly because it doesn't matter who says what--i is still somewhat profound. Other than that I like comics with easily recognizable...
Deena Larsen
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Mar 14, 2006
3:39 pm
3543
I'm new to the group and interested in hearing about educational experiences for those with Prosopagnosia. I'm a student at the Harvard Graduate School of...
spunkometer
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Mar 14, 2006
11:19 pm
3544
Ditto here! I want my cartoon characters distinctive. Those with a lot of characters, I can't follow very well. I tend to like one frame comics. ADHD...
Top Cat
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Mar 15, 2006
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3545
Hi Everyone, I've been lurking reading all the back messages for quite awhile and now that I'm caught up, it's my turn to give you'all something to read. I...
Chas
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Mar 15, 2006
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3546
In a message dated 3/14/2006 7:29:24 PM Pacific Standard Time, chasklawuhn@... writes: I have the face blindness like most of everyone here, but I have...
zusia@...
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Mar 15, 2006
4:06 am
3547
Hi and welcome to the list. I hope you're able to pick up some stuff that would be helpful. :) ... professional skills which have been strengthened because of...
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Mar 15, 2006
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