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prosopagnosia
(redirected from Face blindness)

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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.
pros·o·pag·no·sia (prs-pg-nzh, -z-)
n.
An inability or difficulty in recognizing familiar faces; it may be congenital or result from injury or disease of the brain.
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


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