A thought after a party

Posted on September 8, 2006 by acb

The world needs a support group for people like me, who have trouble with faces. Let’s call it “Prosopagnostics Anonymous”. But how will we recognise one another?

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3 Responses to A thought after a party

  1. qB says:
    September 10, 2006 at 7:47 pm

    Maybe you should design a large badge for all members saying “Prosopagnostic – please tell me your name (even if we’ve met before)”. You never know, it might give rise to all sorts of interesting situations.

  2. Ambridge Vicar says:
    September 17, 2006 at 12:22 pm

    Well, I suppose it beats (marginally) what is your starsign ? . . . . .

  3. tom says:
    October 20, 2006 at 8:12 am

    Thought of what you’ve said previously about not recognising faces when I saw a talk by Dr. Brad Duchaine, of UCL. He says “developmental prosopagnosia” (ie face recognition difficulties without brain injury) is suprisingly common (1%-2% incidence). He mentioned a US family who, like you suggested, all wear nametags a family reunions because they don’t recognise each other otherwise. More here: faceblind.org

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