Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 can cause 'face blindness,' according to new study
COVID-19 can cause difficulty recognizing faces and navigational problems, according to a new Dartmouth study in Cortex.
Mar 13, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
From 'super-recognisers' to the 'face blind': How tests reveal underlying cognitive processes
The ability to recognize faces is important in many different real life contexts and fundamental to our social relationships and interactions. It allows us to identify people we care about, and respond appropriately to them. ...
Feb 10, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Introvert? You may just be bad at recognizing faces
Although most of us can distinguish between and remember hundreds of different faces, some people are better at it than others. "Super-recognizers" can accurately identify faces even when they have only seen them briefly ...
Sep 10, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
The problem with using 'super recognisers' to spot criminals in a crowd
People often say that they never forget a face, but for some people, this claim might actually be true. So-called super recognisers are said to possess exceptional face recognition abilities, often remembering the faces of ...
Oct 18, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study bolsters the special status of the brain's face recognition ability
(Medical Xpress)—There is seemingly no cognitive load associated with the near-instantaneous recognition of individual faces. Indeed, facial recognition is so innate and so obviously critical to human social exchange that ...
