I'm still getting used to prosopagnosia, because I acquired it 4 years ago, and I want to start telling people I have it. Doing that the wrong way the first...
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Bridget Elias
belias11215
Mar 1, 2008 2:29 pm
I would also love to hear some good ideas from other people on this list. If I embarrass myself (for instance, by not recognizing someone I know or by...
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daniel palmeri
palmeridj
Mar 1, 2008 4:34 pm
You really do not need to throw it out there the firt time you meet someone. If you have developed tricks to learn people through voices and expectations on ...
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daniel palmeri
palmeridj
Mar 1, 2008 4:41 pm
With work, I have not told anyone I have it. With me starting a job a few months ago I told them about the more important medical conditions involving...
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Liz Hensley
atomdancerrr
Mar 1, 2008 8:08 pm
The operative word here is "if." I don't have any of those tricks, apparently. Perhaps because my entire visual memory is very faulty. I don't even remember...
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Bonnie
bonnieinthemist
Mar 1, 2008 8:37 pm
... * * * * * Do you have a link to that article. I have read about face blindness in the London Times, but I don't remember seeing articles specifically about...
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daniel palmeri
palmeridj
Mar 1, 2008 8:43 pm
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/18/health/psychology/18face.html this story came out the same time as the story in Time and on ASC news of the study done by...
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Bonnie
bonnieinthemist
Mar 1, 2008 8:59 pm
... I have taken to asking people if they know me. Example: I went to the passport office in my post office to inquire about the procedure for obtaining a...
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Bonnie
bonnieinthemist
Mar 1, 2008 9:03 pm
Thank you for the link. I remember reading it now, but I for some reason didn't bookmark it. ~Bonnie - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -...
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Rob Cross
robcross77
Mar 1, 2008 11:24 pm
If you want, there was an article about prosopagnosia in the Globe and Mail ...
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Brad Duchaine
brad.duchaine@...
Mar 1, 2008 11:28 pm
We've posted links to a number of articles on prosopagnosia, including the NY Times article, on our web page. Some of these links were posted years ago and I...
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Bonnie
bonnieinthemist
Mar 1, 2008 11:34 pm
Thank you. The article I bookmarked in my collection of articles about face blindness. The Globe And Mail I bookmarked as an additional news source for me. (An...
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Bonnie
bonnieinthemist
Mar 1, 2008 11:47 pm
... On another topic discussing news links about prosopagnosia this link at The Globe And Mail was given. ...
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Deena Larsen
deenalarsen
Mar 2, 2008 3:10 am
HI, I recognize--and remember down to the minute detail people's houses. I can tell you from memory what books were in what order on the shelves, the pattern...
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Deena Larsen
deenalarsen
Mar 2, 2008 3:14 am
I got 6 out of ten, which is a little better than chance. I wonder if face blind people are better or worse at this than NT people... ...
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Bonnie
bonnieinthemist
Mar 2, 2008 3:35 am
I got 8 out of 10. Labeled "pretty good." I am face blind. I do not recognize the faces. I looked at the tilt of the head in the close ups and the shoulders in...
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Amanda
pottersclay123
Mar 2, 2008 6:29 am
While I didn't recognize a single one of those photos, I got 9/10. Amanda ... shoulders in ... wonder if...
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Amanda
pottersclay123
Mar 2, 2008 6:32 am
Deena I wouldn't normally say I have a problem judging attractiveness. However, my husband likes to ask me if he is attractive. I love him. I sort of find...
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MPMRommel
lexin0
Mar 2, 2008 11:56 am
... Same here. I rarely wear makeup (never at work, and only for limited numbers of social events) and base my fashion sense on what's clean in the wardrobe...
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lindsey.dryden
Mar 2, 2008 12:07 pm
So can it be as difficult to remember/recognise your own reflection in the mirror as it is to remember/recognise other people's faces?...
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Bonnie
bonnieinthemist
Mar 2, 2008 12:50 pm
So can it be as difficult to remember/recognise your own reflection in the mirror as it is to remember/recognise other people's faces? * * * * * Yes. Other...
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MPMRommel
lexin0
Mar 2, 2008 1:32 pm
... It can be, if I see myself when I'm not expecting to - I've lost count of the number of times I've thought, "Who's that woman in that shop window? .... Oh,...
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Dawn Lloyd
dawnmlloyd
Mar 2, 2008 2:17 pm
... I've not recognized myself a few times because I didn't realize I was looking in a mirror... Dawn ======= "I was scared." "No more than me. I get as...
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Liz Hensley
atomdancerrr
Mar 2, 2008 7:45 pm
There are other reasons not to wear make up. Here are two. One is from mercola.com. I put the whole article in so folks don't have to go to his website and...
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jim7416@...
jim7416
Mar 2, 2008 7:47 pm
In a message dated 3/2/2008 7:07:47 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, lindsey.dryden@... writes: So can it be as difficult to remember/recognise your own...
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Liz Hensley
atomdancerrr
Mar 2, 2008 10:34 pm
I beat all of you and I am probably one of the most face blind folks here. I got 10 out of 10! :)) Maybe that is why the genes for our condition continues to...
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Bonnie
bonnieinthemist
Mar 2, 2008 10:59 pm
I admit I covertly recognized Son of Sam. So I "knew" he was bad news, I just could not come up with his name. * * * * * Did you recognize the person or the...
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Liz Hensley
atomdancerrr
Mar 2, 2008 11:04 pm
The picture, Bonnie. I am blessed that I have never met the guy in person. I did have a friend who claimed to have almost been one of Ted Bundy's victims. A...
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Ann J
ajennerjahn
Mar 3, 2008 12:36 am
Deena, if her insides are attractive that counts! It sounds like she needs to be reassured, so if I were you I would simply say yes. You are not speaking...
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watertiger9@...
bastard12363
Mar 3, 2008 1:10 am
From: Liz Hensley <lhensley@...> Date: 2008/03/02 Sun PM 04:34:41 CST I got 7 out of 10, but I guessed most of the time. In person, I sometimes get...
