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Prosopagnosia - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
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[-] Ubermeisters@lemmy.zip 4 points 11 months ago

.. a cognitive disorder of face perception in which the ability to recognize familiar faces, including one's own face (self-recognition), is impaired, while other aspects of visual processing (e.g., object discrimination) and intellectual functioning (e.g., decision-making) remain intact.

[-] theCheek@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I believe I have this condition although have never been officially diagnosed (not even sure if there is a way to diagnose it clinically). However it has led to some extremely embarrassing situations!

this post was submitted on 25 Aug 2023
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