Face Blindness and Stones.

By Miss Cellania in Everything Else on Jul 13, 2007 at 7:33 am

150_stones_matilda1.jpgdescriptionofimageCecilia Burman has prosopagnosia, commonly known as “face-blindness.” She wrote Face Blindness and Stones to illustrate what this condition is like, comparing her difficulty in facial recognition to the way a normal person would have trouble telling one stone from another, and some of the coping mechanisms she uses. Link -via Reddit


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  1. Tinderbox
    Jul 13th, 2007 at 9:54 pm

    Yes, I read about this or a similar condition in the Oliver Sacks book “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat”.

  2. Alex
    Jul 14th, 2007 at 1:46 am

    I wonder if hearing the voice of the other person helps (does face blindness extend to voice recognition defect?)


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