genetic basis of face recognition

[wispfox]

Any of y'all face blind? Do other members of your family also have trouble with face recognition?

I ask because one of the better known face blindness research teams is, as always, looking for more people with face blindness, _especially_ if multiple members of a family all have it.

So, go fill out their contact form if you're face blind/prospagnosic, especially if others of your family are, too. (it is very likely that the more severe the congenital face blindness, the less likely one is to realize that it's missing. Finding out I had it caused me to ask my mom if she did. She did, but did not realize it)

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[conuly]

I'm not exactly faceblind, but I do say I'm "face visually impaired". I have my moments. (Like the now-infamous time I didn't recognize my own niece and brother-in-law, and I saw them at least once a week!)

But forget faces. What I actually do have trouble with are places. Turn me around, and it looks like I'm somewhere new. That makes life hard.

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

I think that face impaired would count, for the study in question. :) Especially with that example! :)

Places: I get that, although I have that less than you based on your desc.

[conuly]

To be totally fair, that one time with my family stands out because even for me, it was so weird. I usually can expect to recognize my own family, especially when (as happened here) I go up to them to comment on how "my niece has that same outfit". But it happens to a lesser degree all the time.

Directions, now. Sheesh. I once got lost directly across the street from my house, and that experience is not "just so weird".