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Face Blindness, part 2

March 18, 2012 4:46 PM

Imagine you couldn't recognize people's faces, and even your own family looked unfamiliar. Lesley Stahl reports on face blindness, a puzzling neurological disorder.

Face Blindness: When everyone is a stranger

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by KendallColorado May 9, 2012 3:08 AM EDT
Not as much fun as you would think. Lived my whole life with this and it makes relationships interesting and dificult.
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by akplnmj March 26, 2012 10:58 PM EDT
Faceblind people do see faces and can recognize emotions. We just cannot remember faces that we have seen.
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by lightninggirl0 March 25, 2012 2:04 PM EDT
I wonder if this has anything to do with Asperger's Syndrome where they have difficulty recognizing facial expressions and reading emotions.
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by khunopie March 22, 2012 5:19 AM EDT
That would suck, not having a face
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