Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A form of visual agnosia characterised by difficulty with face recognition despite intact low-level visual processing. Also known as PA.
Etymologies
- Apparently derived from the German title of a 1947 paper by neurologist Joachim Bodamer describing the condition, titled Die Prosop-Agnosie, derived from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prosopon, "face") and αγνωσία (agnosia, "non-knowledge"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The inability to recognize familiar faces is termed prosopagnosia 97, 659.”
Simon & Schuster: The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry
“This face blindness is formally called prosopagnosia, a term that combines the Greek words for "face" and "lack of knowledge.”
“The defining paper was by a German neurologist in the 1940s and he coined the term prosopagnosia - "prosopon" is the Greek for a face or a mask - for this apparently specific difficulty recognizing faces.”
“This is a condition called prosopagnosia, which is being investigated by neurologists.”
“The defining paper was by a German neurologist in the 1940s and he coined the term prosopagnosia (unintelligible) the Greek for a face or a mask, for this apparently specific difficulty recognizing faces.”
“On Friday, neurologist Oliver Sacks joined artist Chuck Close to discuss a condition they share called prosopagnosia, an impaired ability to recognize faces.”
“This phenomenon is called prosopagnosia, or more commonly "face blindness," a disorder that may be inherited by about 2.5 percent of the population, according to a study on face recognition.”
The Huffington Post: Face Blindess: Why Some People Don't Always Recognize You (VIDEO)
“Some people are unable to recognize even their closest friends a condition called prosopagnosia, while others have a near-photographic memory for large numbers of faces.”
“In a rare disorder called prosopagnosia, we can't recognize faces at all.”
“GUPTA: His condition is called prosopagnosia, or more commonly, face blindness.”
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Tweets
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super-syn I find the concept of faceblindness intriguing. Aug 24, 2009
seanahan This word is fun to say. Mar 28, 2008
bmevans an inability to recognize human faces, or face blindness. Mar 25, 2008