Advertisement

Face Blindness

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

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.

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

Ask the Medic: Breastfeeding &...

00:11:40

Ask the Medic: Breastfeeding & Formula Feeding Tips

Lunchtime Live

00:11:40


Is it too early to get excited...

00:06:44

Is it too early to get excited for Christmas?

Lunchtime Live

00:06:44


Fontaines D.C. to play Slane C...

00:05:43

Fontaines D.C. to play Slane Castle - will you be going?

Lunchtime Live

00:05:43


Do we need better emergency re...

00:15:00

Do we need better emergency response times?

Lunchtime Live

00:15:00