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5362
... one thought that ... Yes, that's it. That's a very good way to describe it, D. It's so very intensely them. How in the world could I not have seen them...
SilverPaladin
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Jan 1, 2007
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5363
Someone (I've lost track of who) wrote "It's so very intensely them. How in the world could I not have seen them before? It is so obvious that it's them....
Jo Livingston
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Jan 1, 2007
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5364
I "recognize" people in the correct context. If my coworkers are the only ones in their cubicle, then I can name them. (If someone else enters their cubicle,...
Deena Larsen
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Jan 1, 2007
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5365
Hi everybody! I have a piece that I put together about prosopagnosia in May or June of 2006. Its the sort of piece that I think would go really well in a ...
Glenn Alperin
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Jan 1, 2007
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5366
I used to watch "My Favorite Martian" on TV, starring Ray Walston and Bill Bixby. Right after it would come, "The Courtship of Eddie's Father," again starring...
Liz Hensley
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Jan 1, 2007
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5367
Well I wonder if you could hit west coast papers? maybe the LA Times or something? I dislike my local paper, the Oregonian. We also have a privately owned...
littlecatgray
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Jan 1, 2007
10:23 pm
5368
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/03/030310064427.htm found it! laurie...
littlecatgray
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Jan 1, 2007
11:10 pm
5369
Try the childrensapraxia.net yahoo group and speechville.com . Lots of the kids with speech problems have global apraxia as well. BTW, a doctor on that list...
Kathleen Eickwort
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Jan 1, 2007
11:12 pm
5370
[quote]I used to watch "My Favorite Martian" on TV, starring Ray Walston and Bill Bixby. Right after it would come, "The Courtship of Eddie's Father," again...
SilverPaladin
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Jan 2, 2007
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5371
well someone on this group asked if maybe i was dyspraxic or had dysgraphia (i forget which) and i dismissed this right off and then another web page...
littlecatgray
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Jan 2, 2007
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5372
Glenn, I haven't read all the responses yet, so if someone else has mentioned this, nevermind. I was thinking that perhaps a scientific journal of some kind,...
zax_wilson
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Jan 2, 2007
2:34 pm
5373
When you have this "Zoom Effect" happen, are you saying that once you somehow realize who the person/actor is, you then recognize them? Will you then recognize...
zax_wilson
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Jan 2, 2007
2:38 pm
5374
... out ... pay ... vie, ... in...
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Jan 2, 2007
2:47 pm
5375
Joy, As one of the NTs here, I do not have to think about faces to recognize them usually. My understanding is that for prosopagnosics, one or more...
zax_wilson
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Jan 2, 2007
2:59 pm
5376
... No Zack, not for me. Each occurance is it's own entity. I do not watch much TV or movies because from one frame to another I lose who is who if the major...
D
chat_tnchip
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Jan 2, 2007
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5377
Hi, sorry if I repeat anything, as I haven't been able to read all the responses yet. Also, I am not faceblind, so big grain of salt here. Laura, It certainly...
zax_wilson
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Jan 2, 2007
3:42 pm
5378
In discribing the Zoom effect what I was alluding too is the effect I ... may get when he throws the ball to a reciever... Dee, I think I kind of get you here....
zax_wilson
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Jan 2, 2007
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5379
... It's ... A little NT take on this: I have this same thing happen to me with voices in animated movies. My wife is better at recognizing voices in these...
zax_wilson
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Jan 2, 2007
4:18 pm
5380
Yep, they say I am somewhat faceblind, but really not so significant as I perceive. One reason for that is they allow for 'guesses' instead of having a button...
Steve
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Jan 2, 2007
5:54 pm
5381
Hey, Steve! Hate to break it to you, but 73% on the old-new test is NOT doing reasonably well, because the scores are not interpreted the same way you'd...
Andrea Crain
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Jan 2, 2007
6:31 pm
5382
... face your mind has put together, the one you don't recognize, suddenly ... I am not presumming I am an average faceblind person (our group differs a lot)...
D
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Jan 2, 2007
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5383
Thanks, Zack. I suppose the question would then become what it takes for "that person's face to be put in your memory well enough." If an NT person meets...
Joy Hecht
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Jan 2, 2007
6:48 pm
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Thanks for the post about how they interpret the test scores, Andrea! Wow, I didn't realize that getting 72% on the "old/new" faces test meant I was in the...
Joy Hecht
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Jan 2, 2007
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5385
Hi Steve, That's a good suggestion to limit the presentation time for the famous face test. In the test that we run in the lab, we limit it. Not sure if...
Brad Duchaine
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Jan 2, 2007
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5386
... http://www.icn.ucl.ac.uk/facetests/cars2006/cars_intro.php -- Barry [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Barry Wainwright
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Jan 2, 2007
8:34 pm
5387
Oops, forgot the dog part. Dogs do have strong abilities related to humans specifically. They can remember faces and scents, and are very good at assessing...
zax_wilson
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Jan 2, 2007
10:33 pm
5388
Joy, When I meet someone new, I don't try to store the face unless I really want to remember them, usually for me that's about trying to remember the name. I...
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Jan 2, 2007
10:36 pm
5389
Thanks for the link, Barry. But oh, no! I just did the Cambridge Facial Recognition Test, the one that is supposed to be more reliable, and all that. I scored...
Joy Hecht
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Jan 2, 2007
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5390
Grin.... I don't remember my scores on those tests, but they were somewhere around (or at least close to) the average mark.... and I remember thinking, "wow......
Dawn Lloyd
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Jan 2, 2007
11:06 pm
5391
I think I remember that years ago, when researchers painted a monkey pink, and returned her to her tribe, she was glad to see them, but they killed her and ate...
claudia spiro
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Jan 2, 2007
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