prosopagnosia

noun

pros·op·ag·no·sia ˌprä-sə-pag-ˈnō-zhə

medical

: a form of visual agnosia characterized by an inability to recognize faces

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web People with prosopagnosia, or face blindness, typically avoid social interactions and can develop social anxiety disorder.

Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 7 July 2022 Developing prosopagnosia usually happens in early childhood and is not caused by injury.

Ebony Williams, ajc, 11 July 2022 Studies show 1 in 50 people may have developmental prosopagnosia.

Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 7 July 2022 Some children with autism can also have some degree of prosopagnosia, according to NINDS.

Caitlin O'kane, CBS News, 7 July 2022 Experts have labeled this condition prosopagnosia, otherwise known as face blindness.

Angie Orellana Hernandez, USA TODAY, 6 July 2022 Face blindness, or prosopagnosia, is an inability to recognize people’s faces.

Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2021 His mastery of portraiture was all the more remarkable given his prosopagnosia -- or face blindness -- a condition that prevented him from recognizing or recalling people's faces.

CNN, 20 Aug. 2021 Face blindness, or prosopagnosia, is a neurological condition resulting in trouble identifying human faces.

Daniel Gibbs, Scientific American, 21 Apr. 2021 See More

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