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prosopagnosia /proso·pag·no·sia/ (-pag-no´se-ah) inability to recognize faces due to damage to the underside of both occipital lobes.
prosopagnosia Inability to recognize faces. It may be due to a lesion in one area of the inferotemporal (IT) cortex. See agnosia.
prosopagnosia Neurology Inability to recognize familiar faces unexplained by defective visual acuity or ↓ consciousness or alertness How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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She details the ways in which people of different cultures decorate their faces (including painting, tattooing, and piercing); the process of reconstructing facial parts or creating expressions for individuals with Moebius Syndrome; and the condition of prosopagnosia, or face blindness. Imagine how this uncertainty feels to those of us with Parkinson's, and to those rendered partially paralyzed with a spinal-cord injury, or those with diabetes who face blindness and amputation. |
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