I'm face blind because I get so much information from faces that it completely overwhelms the faces themselves. It's like remembering that you had a conversation with someone but not remembering whether it was online or on the phone. The slowness in processing mostly stems from the huge quantities of data I'm working with, as far as I can tell. This actually applies to body language in general, but faces just have loads of it. And eyes are the worst--I can't look someone in the eye without shutting down parts of my processing centers and focusing on the other person's eyes as body parts rather than data conduits.
Another way to look at it is that in person, I never see the same face twice, because every conversation is different. So there's no repetition to help memory. I can visualize coworkers better than friends because conversations at work are about work--the same face over and over--and conversations with friends are about everything under the sun. The better I know someone and the more we talk, the less I remember expressive physical features.
Hey, I bet that's why I like legs and butts so much: they always look the same. *)
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Date: 2004-08-27 05:16 am (UTC)Another way to look at it is that in person, I never see the same face twice, because every conversation is different. So there's no repetition to help memory. I can visualize coworkers better than friends because conversations at work are about work--the same face over and over--and conversations with friends are about everything under the sun. The better I know someone and the more we talk, the less I remember expressive physical features.
Hey, I bet that's why I like legs and butts so much: they always look the same. *)