Event overview
How good is your face-recognition? Imagine not being able to recognise your loved ones in the street - what impact does that have on you?
Being able to recognize others by their face is taken so much for granted that a lot of human interaction and security occurs by assuming that everyone can recognize faces. However, this vital skill is not as straightforward as you might think and individuals with a rare condition called prosopagnosia provide a unique window into this complexity. Prosopagnosia or 'face-blindness' can occur as a form of neurodiversity with 2% of the population having the difficulty; much more rarely, however, it can occur after brain injury with the result that once-recognizable faces such as family members can be ignored if no other clues to identity are available.
In this talk, I will give a brief overview of prosopagnosia and then introduce you to David who suffered brain damage which has left him unable to recognize his wife, children, friends or famous people. I will interview David about the impact that prosopagnosia has had on his life and what it means on a day-to-day basis. After that, we will take questions from the audience. This is a unique opportunity to meet someone with an extremely rare neuropsychological condition and we hope that it will be illuminating at a number of levels.
To see previous talks in this series, go to: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI4K1waPBEL1Z9hHK3LqZGDlM4tTYc5fo
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Dec 2020 | 5:00pm - 6:00pm |
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