Just to let you all know, I received word today from my contact at CNN that the prosopagnosia segment which they filmed me for will be airing next week on...
Cool! I am glad I am off and can be watching. I will be attentive to my email also, as soon as you hear any specifics. Post it so I won't miss. Dee ... will...
As we all know... first there's the stage where we have no idea that we know somebody. This is the stage where you walk past lots of people and don't greet...
... Quite possibly, but I don't know the answer to that at this time. I'd suggest you check out the CNN web site as time gets closer to or beyond the actual...
There's an article in today's Times Ed (UK paper for teachers) which includes stories from Dawn and me. Unfortunately they don't put everything on their...
OH My! Am I in denial about Aspergers as well as PA? I find "how are you" SO AWFUL and intrusive. I've never found anyone who could relate to this. It...
Recently I hurt my friend's husband's feelings when I ignored him and his greeting of "How are you?" by addressing my friend, his wife, to tell her something....
... Uhm, I've got to totally disagree with this one. If I asked someone how they were, and they responded with, "I'm here to tell your [spouse] something" I...
<note added by Glenn Alperin. My apologies for not posting this sooner. I've been rather busy lately myself. Hopefully, this person is still around looking...
I just approved a message dated 1/22/2007 which I somehow managed to miss at the time. Thanks to a warning from Yahoo, I did catch it, but I'm not sure if you...
... I would ... be offended ... *** Maybe I got it wrong. Maybe my friend meant it just for her husband who has Asperger's and thinks he would understand. You...
... From: "Bonnie" <bonnieinthemist@...> ... In my opinion, no. It took me literally years to learn to say 'fine' or 'okay' when customers ask me how I...
I like the term 'faceblind' too Delila, but a German, not an American, is going to have to take the blame for for the term 'prosopagnosia'. Joachim Bodamer...
Brad Duchaine
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Feb 3, 2007 12:58 pm
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Thanks, Glenn! I was just looking for the extra email I had that I couldn't find, according to my computer. Glenn Alperin <blankface@...> wrote:...
Dawn, I'm not positive, but I think I know what you mean. While my normal problem is that I'm oblivious to ever having met someone before, sometimes I have a...
Ann wrote "One theory I've had about this is that I'm so worried about not recognizing a face, that I don't pay proper attention to the things that I CAN ...
... Oh, definitely. That's the worst problem. The one I was describing as recognizing someone as a person you know, but have no clue who they are comes...
... That's possible ... Noted. I'm a bit that way myself, but it's just a personality thing for me... nothing related to the way my brain works in unique...
I guess this particular thread... Nominal --- is what gets to most of my family, friends and co-workers. My family and co-workers know I know my co-workers at...
Dawn, Both cases describe my experiences very well. I eventually, (usually) get where I can identify people I meet over and over; but, I do mix up people 1)...
Been there! (Before I found this list, I thought I was the only one- except maybe my cousin!) Once, I taught a class with a large minority population. The...
... Yes, quite familiar with stage 1... ... And also with stage 2... ... Not me on this bit. In this third stage, I usually get the feeling that a person is...
... Ah, okay. :) But they should still promote whatever word is in their particular language, like 'faceblind' in English and "Gesichtsblind" (??) in German....
What do the Germans call prosopagnosia? ~Bonnie ... ____________________________________________________________________________________ Have a burning...
But, the term face blind wasn't used until 40 years or more after a doctor coined the term prosopagnosia. It seems... (A) The first usuage sets precedence. It...
... Well, maybe not in common usage, but that doesn't mean people didn't use it. Bill Choisser would not be so bold as to claim he "coined" the term because...
... I can understand why mail programs do that, but it seems to me it would be far more useful to datestamp messages by the time they arrive on the receiving...
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