You look unfamiliar
Suffer from face-blindness? You know, dylexia but with faces instead of words?
It's got a name, as every malady these days. Prosopagnosia.
Tests here.
It's got a name, as every malady these days. Prosopagnosia.
Not me; I forget names, but I have a well-developed amygdala. Others not so much. A writer I know once forgot his ex-wife.
The conductor Sir Thomas Beecham once ran into a lady in Fortnum and Mason. While he did not recognise her, he vaguely recalled that he knew the lady’s sister and inquired after her health. Still no closer to establishing the identity of his companion, he asked: “And what’s she up to these days?” "Oh, you know, still Queen,” came the reply.
Tests here.
posted by Mark Broatch at 10:01 PM
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How did you score in the tests, then, Mark? I put myself down as having "below average" face recognition. I scored 100% in the Famous Faces test, but they were almost absurdly easy.
In the New/Old Faces test, out of 20 target faces (ones studied in the first part of this test), I correctly identified 13.
Out of 30 nontarget faces (ones not seen in the first part of the test), I correctly responded that I hadn't seen 28 of them.
Overall, I got 82% correct. Apparently, the average person with normal face recognition scores about 85% on this test, but I did score above the 75% threshhold.
The disclaimer frustratingly says neither or a low or a high score should be taken you indicate you are either particular bad or good at face recognition...
So who the hell are you and what are you doing on my blog?!
Oh... it's just me.
jesus... 72%!
better get the old girl to wear a sign saying, "mum" when we visit her his chistmas.
I got 97% in the Cambridge. I should be in the police
" A writer I know once forgot his ex-wife."
Not so unusual, is it, to try to forget an ex-wife?
He wasn't trying
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