[brains] More ponderings
Aug. 26th, 2004 07:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wispfoxI think I'm confused by the idea of me being face blind for a few reasons.
I _can_ get body language information from people's faces, although probably less than most people do, and I'm fairly sure it requires a fair bit more processing time/power. I did learn how to read body language by someone explaining it to me in high school, after all, and learned how to express my own better from that information, as well. I think the majority of the body language I can read isn't facial expressions, though, which might be why facial expressions and meanings fascinate me so much.
I can remember pieces of faces, if my attention is focused on them for whatever reason. Usually eyes and mouths, since they tend to be the most useful for body language purposes, as well as the fact that eyes just fascinate me. :)
Faces are not devoid of information for me, thus my difficulty with the idea of me having even mild face blindness. But so much of the things in that book were spot on, so I don't know what to think... I'll ponder some more. If nothing else, I certainly don't index by face (or name), and can't picture anyone's faces, ever.
I _can_ get body language information from people's faces, although probably less than most people do, and I'm fairly sure it requires a fair bit more processing time/power. I did learn how to read body language by someone explaining it to me in high school, after all, and learned how to express my own better from that information, as well. I think the majority of the body language I can read isn't facial expressions, though, which might be why facial expressions and meanings fascinate me so much.
I can remember pieces of faces, if my attention is focused on them for whatever reason. Usually eyes and mouths, since they tend to be the most useful for body language purposes, as well as the fact that eyes just fascinate me. :)
Faces are not devoid of information for me, thus my difficulty with the idea of me having even mild face blindness. But so much of the things in that book were spot on, so I don't know what to think... I'll ponder some more. If nothing else, I certainly don't index by face (or name), and can't picture anyone's faces, ever.
