One of the biggest downsides of becoming ill with COVID-19 is the inability to be around friends or family during quarantining. But could the virus make it difficult to recognize loved ones at all? A ...

What is "face blindness?" The rare neurological disorder, also known as prosopagnosia, makes it difficult and sometimes impossible to recognize faces, including familiar ones or even your own.

"Face blindness," or the inability to recognize faces, may be a rare symptom of long COVID, a new case report suggests. A case report published in March in the journal Cortex suggests a possible link ...

What is "face blindness?" The rare neurological disorder, also known as prosopagnosia, makes it difficult and sometimes impossible to recognize faces, including familiar ones or even your own.

Developmental prosopagnosia, commonly known as face blindness, affects every aspect of daily life, leaving many patients unable to pick out even their closest relatives in ordinary encounters, new ...

I have a friend who never forgets a face. She can bump into people she hasn't seen in decades and recognize them immediately. I am amazed by her ability, have nicknamed her "the woman with two brains, ...

Prosopagnosia is a neurological condition where a person is unable to recognize faces. It typically arises due to problems or damage in specific areas of the brain that process facial information.

Study by researchers at Harvard Medical School/VA Boston Healthcare System suggests that face blindness lies on a continuum and may be more common than currently believed. The study found similar face ...

On a crisp morning, a woman stepped off a plane, scanning the arrivals lounge for her husband. He’d been her partner for three decades. And yet, when he waved, smiling warmly, she walked right past ...

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