Sadie Dingfelder is the author of Do I Know You?A Face Blind Reporter’s Journey Into the Science of Sight, Memory and Imagination. Science writer Sadie Dingfelder always knew she was different but ...

What is "face blindness?" The rare neurological disorder, also known as prosopagnosia, makes it difficult and sometimes impossible to recognize faces, including familiar ones or even your own.

A 28-year-old woman went 'face blind' after she caught COVID. She was no longer able to identify the face of her dad and could only recognize him by his voice. People with prosopagnosia rely on ...

Have you ever bumped into someone with a face that feels familiar, but you just can't quite narrow down why you recognize them, or if you really recognize them at all? For some people with ...

Hollywood superstar, Brad Pitt, has claimed he suffers from a highly unusual condition known as “face blindness,” which has caused him numerous problems in his social life. The Fight Club actor said ...

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Face blindness, a mystifying condition that can trick us into believing we recognize people we've never met or make us fail to recognize those we have, has been previously estimated to affect between ...

Early in the pandemic, a 28-year-old customer service representative and portrait painter caught COVID-19. She had a high fever for a few days and trouble breathing. Her sense of smell and taste ...

Differences in connectivity in the brain predict face blindness in adults, say Stanford neuroscientists. They plan to observe these surprising differences in children to discover how this visual ...