Hi, My name is Joe DeGutis and I am a researcher studying face blindness and the potential for rehabilitation of this disorder. I am very curious to understand...
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Silvia Saenz
ssaenzz5
Oct 1, 2007 10:05 pm
HI Joe, this is a very good question, to me is has affected my social life, until, I found out I had PA, now only after a couple of months of dealing with...
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Liz Hensley
atomdancerrr
Oct 2, 2007 12:43 am
It got me put in the slow first grade because I could not recognize Dick, Jane and Sally, not their words, their pictures, and the teacher soon figured out I...
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Bonnie
bonnieinthemist
Oct 2, 2007 1:46 am
... life.... ***** This one does. I no longer go to large social functions. A row is happening in my family because I will not attend my niece's wedding. Too...
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Dawn Lloyd
dawnmlloyd
Oct 2, 2007 3:28 am
I'll start off with noting that I am fairly severely face blind, and it's the variety resulting in me not even being able to look at two pictures and knowing...
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Jo Livingston
fiatbertone2
Oct 2, 2007 6:21 am
**** "......suggests that face blindness "is not necessarily socially crippling and still allows the affected persons to lead normal lives and to take up...
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Glenn Alperin
glennalperin
Oct 2, 2007 7:53 am
... I think you will probably find that it affects different people in different ways, and this may correlate to the severity with which it affects the...
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Liz Hensley
atomdancerrr
Oct 3, 2007 4:12 pm
You are right. It is harder for women. We are supposed to be more intuitive too. Another thing not touched on is the effect of a faceblind individual on ...
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Liz Hensley
atomdancerrr
Oct 3, 2007 4:44 pm
Note question number two. It is not a silly question to us! :)) GCF: Cruise Questions Top Ten of the Silliest Questions Asked by Cruise Ship Passengers (by...
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Jo Foti
jo_n_arizona
Oct 3, 2007 6:28 pm
Joe, I am a 69 year old woman who has dealt with face-blindness all my life. Truth be told and in retrospect, I felt some anger when finding out there was a...
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Bonnie
bonnieinthemist
Oct 3, 2007 8:14 pm
... ***** I think the phone and email and voice-over-internet protocol are wonderful. Some people only say hello and expect me to recognize them, but it is...
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Delila
bastard12363
Oct 4, 2007 12:15 am
... From: "Bonnie" <bonnieinthemist@...> ... People tend recognize me by my goofy accent. ... For the deaf? Are you sure? How can deaf people use a...
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claudia spiro
claudia103b6
Oct 4, 2007 3:30 am
Joe, I will give you a much more detailed answer off list, if you would like. As a child, it led to my getting getting into trouble socially on any number of...
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Bonnie
bonnieinthemist
Oct 4, 2007 4:20 am
... ***** They can't. His invention was a failure for the intended purpose, but a success for an unexpected purpose. ***** ***** Alexander Graham Bell wanted...
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joni pinkney
jonipinkney
Oct 4, 2007 3:34 pm
Face blindness has affected my life very much. I can't recognise relatives, neighbors, even family members if I havn't seen them in a while or if they turn up...
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Anne Mills
faceblind26
Oct 4, 2007 8:23 pm
Hi, everyone, I have a copy of the paper by Dr. Gruter and have been very interested in all of the responses to Dr. Degutis' inquiry. They are quite...
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Silvia Saenz
ssaenzz5
Oct 4, 2007 8:56 pm
No objection here and you may use my full name too if you wish, Silvia Sáenz ... De: Anne Mills <faceblind26@...> Para: faceblind@yahoogroups.com ...
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Bonnie
bonnieinthemist
Oct 5, 2007 12:45 am
I do not want to be quoted. I do not want to be part of the FindAFace project. My comments were intended for the original poster and for this group, only. ...
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Martina Grüter
mgrueter@...
Oct 5, 2007 12:51 am
... Hello everyone, Martina has asked me to write a few word about the subject. First of all, I would like to give you a link to our article, so everybody can...
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Andrea Crain
andreamer
Oct 5, 2007 5:22 am
Anne, I read the Gruters' paper, and I found it to be good and interesting. What they appear to be trying to do is to answer the obvious question someone asks...
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Bonnie
bonnieinthemist
Oct 5, 2007 5:53 am
Hello Andrea, Your post is a magnificent explanation on every point. And, you answered a couple of questions for me that arose when I read Dr Gruter's paper. ...
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Andrea Crain
andreamer
Oct 5, 2007 6:52 am
Well, thank you! :) Glad you liked it....
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daniel palmeri
palmeridj
Oct 5, 2007 7:11 am
Currently, The research on the subject is still in its infancy. The researchers now need to still look at the isolated ideal cases and find a pattern and...
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Jo Livingston
fiatbertone2
Oct 5, 2007 3:23 pm
Face blindness "is not necessarily socially crippling”. It is not ‘necessarily’ anything, since the condition covers the moderately poor as well as the...
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kendrickeva
Oct 5, 2007 7:44 pm
Hello, my name is Eva, and I just recently learned that my condition has a name. I was excited to learn about prospoagnosia and to find this group on Yahoo...
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Jocosa Wade
jocosawade
Oct 5, 2007 7:45 pm
Dear Joe, Thank you for your response to my research request. In terms of my novel, I am very intrigued by your comment regarding "shallow vs. deeper...
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Jill M. Knous
jam30058
Oct 5, 2007 7:55 pm
Jo, those are excellent insights. I agree heartily with everything you said. thanks for saying them. -Jill Jo Livingston <Jo_Livingston@...> wrote:...
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Catana
hook_n_needle
Oct 5, 2007 8:09 pm
Andrea, that's a great analysis, and one that pretty much covers my experiences. I'm mildly faceblind, but never saw it as a specific problem until I got in...
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Anne Mills
faceblind26
Oct 5, 2007 11:38 pm
Mark, What are the positives for you? Anne www.findaface.org Helping children to find a face ... From: Mark Farrell <farrell12342003@...> To:...
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Robert Richmond
bobrichmond55
Oct 6, 2007 2:11 pm
Jo Livingston alluded to the likely difficulty of teaching school teachers to recognize face blindness. I'd certainly agree, based on what I know about color...
