Very interesting reading this. Count me as another one who recognizes faces very quickly. In addition I have a very good visual memory. My recollection of faces often outlasts my internal connection to the rest of what I know about a person. I frequently will see someone in a social setting and recognize them, know that I know them, but take a few minutes and sometimes a conversation with them to recall why I know them. This usually only happens after a long time, several years, between interactions with someone.

Last year I met the son of the director of a summer camp I attended as a boy. I recognized him and knew I knew him. It had been 25 years since I'd seen him, and he'd been 9 or 10 at the time. It took a conversation to remember why I knew him.