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When you can't recognize faces.(Q&A)(Brief article)
Prosopagnosia (face blindness) is a condition that prevents people from recognizing faces, probably due to impairment in a face-recognition area of the brain. A recent study in the American Journal of Medical Genetics showed that prosopagnosia is heritable and affects, in some form, about I in 50 people. Rose Fox, 28, who suffers from this malady, helps us understand.
Q What do you see exactly?
A Faces are a blur. If I really pay attention ...
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