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  2. Prosopagnosia - Wikipedia

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    Prosopagnosia, [2] also known as face blindness, [3] is a cognitive disorder of face perception in which the ability to recognize familiar faces, including one's own face (self-recognition), is impaired, while other aspects of visual processing (e.g., object discrimination) and intellectual functioning (e.g., decision-making) remain intact.

  3. What it's really like to be profoundly face-blind - AOL

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    Prosopagnosia is a neuropsychological condition that impairs the sufferer's ability to recognize faces. It's also known as face-blindness, and those who are afflicted lack a skill that comes ...

  4. Prosopometamorphopsia - Wikipedia

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    Prosopometamorphopsia (PMO), [1] also known as demon face syndrome, [2] is a neurological disorder characterized by altered perceptions of faces. In the perception of a person with the disorder, facial features are distorted in a variety of ways including drooping, swelling, discoloration, and shifts of position.

  5. Visual agnosia - Wikipedia

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    These variants of visual agnosia include prosopagnosia (inability to recognize faces), pure word blindness (inability to recognize words, often called "agnosic alexia" or "pure alexia"), agnosias for colors (inability to differentiate colors), agnosias for the environment (inability to recognize landmarks or difficulty with spatial layout of an ...

  6. Woman develops 'face blindness' at 28. Researchers think ...

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    Can COVID-19 cause face blindness? A new case study finds evidence of prosopagnosia and other neuropsychological problems in a 28-year-old long-COVID patient.

  7. What is prosopagnosia, face blindness disorder Brad Pitt ...

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    Brad Pitt has stated that he thinks he has prosopagnosia, a rare disorder characterized by the inability to recognize faces, also known as face blindness.

  8. Social-emotional agnosia - Wikipedia

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    Social-emotional agnosia, also known as emotional agnosia or expressive agnosia, is the inability to perceive facial expressions, body language, and voice intonation. [1] A person with this disorder is unable to non-verbally perceive others' emotions in social situations, limiting normal social interactions.

  9. Visual impairment - Wikipedia

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    Cataracts are the leading cause of child and adult blindness that doubles in prevalence with every ten years after the age of 40. [57] Consequently, today cataracts are more common among adults than in children. [56] That is, people face higher chances of developing cataracts as they age.