Definitions
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- noun A form of
visual agnosia characterised by difficulty with facerecognition despiteintact low-level visualprocessing . Also known as PA.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The inability to recognize familiar faces is termed prosopagnosia 97, 659.
The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993
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This face blindness is formally called prosopagnosia, a term that combines the Greek words for "face" and "lack of knowledge."
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Mark Fenske 2012
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This is a condition called prosopagnosia, which is being investigated by neurologists.
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This is a condition called prosopagnosia, which is being investigated by neurologists.
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This is a condition called prosopagnosia, which is being investigated by neurologists.
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This is a condition called prosopagnosia, which is being investigated by neurologists.
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This is a condition called prosopagnosia, which is being investigated by neurologists.
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The defining paper was by a German neurologist in the 1940s and he coined the term prosopagnosia - "prosopon" is the Greek for a face or a mask - for this apparently specific difficulty recognizing faces.
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The defining paper was by a German neurologist in the 1940s and he coined the term prosopagnosia - "prosopon" is the Greek for a face or a mask - for this apparently specific difficulty recognizing faces.
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This is a condition called prosopagnosia, which is being investigated by neurologists.
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White first became interested in the field while studying a rare condition called prosopagnosia – when a brain injury leaves someone unable to recognise faces.
‘I’d keep it on the down low’: the secret life of a super-recogniser Bronwyn Adcock 2022
bmevans commented on the word prosopagnosia
an inability to recognize human faces, or face blindness.
March 25, 2008
seanahan commented on the word prosopagnosia
This word is fun to say.
March 28, 2008
super-syn commented on the word prosopagnosia
I find the concept of faceblindness intriguing.
August 25, 2009