Advertisement

Face Blindness

Our ability to recognise other people’s faces is often taken for granted, with some of us bette...

Share this article

15.37 4 Sep 2020


Face Blindness


Listen to this episode


Share this article

15.37 4 Sep 2020


Our ability to recognise other people’s faces is often taken for granted, with some of us better able than others.

But what if you have no ability to recall faces at all.

This is called face blindness or prosopagnosia, to give it its medical term.

Advertisement

Could face blindness have consequences socially and even for people’s occupations? 

Brad Duchaine - Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Dartmouth University


Read more about

Neuroscience Prosopagnosia Superrecognizers

Related Episodes

Before Trees - What Were ‘Prot...

00:31:29

Before Trees - What Were ‘Prototaxites’?

Futureproof With Jonathan McCrea

00:31:29


Why people stop moving as they...

00:13:27

Why people stop moving as they get older

Alive And Kicking With Clare McKenna

00:13:27


Summer Foods in Season

00:11:56

Summer Foods in Season

Alive And Kicking With Clare McKenna

00:11:56


Do emotions and traumas stay i...

00:12:50

Do emotions and traumas stay in our bodies?

Alive And Kicking With Clare McKenna

00:12:50