Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Wed, Jun 21 2006
The face is familiar, but not the car
With all the supposed Elvis sightings over the last few decades, I wonder. Would we even recognize Elvis if we saw him? Try this face recognition test. (There are two types.)
Apparently, the inability to recognize faces well is called prosopagnosia, and often, but not always, follows something such as a stroke or brain injury.
Actually, I do very well with human face recognition. What I have trouble recognizing are most cars. I can recognize something as obvious as a Hummer or a Volkswagon, but as a general rule I find it difficult seeing things such as tail light shape and windshield slope and easily putting those into the context of any particular make and model. I wonder if there's a test, or even a name, for that sort of thing. And I wonder if it's a deficiency that can be overcome if one has sufficient motivation to do so.
posted at: 12:29 | category: /Health and Fitness | link to this entry
With all the supposed Elvis sightings over the last few decades, I wonder. Would we even recognize Elvis if we saw him? Try this face recognition test. (There are two types.)
Apparently, the inability to recognize faces well is called prosopagnosia, and often, but not always, follows something such as a stroke or brain injury.
Actually, I do very well with human face recognition. What I have trouble recognizing are most cars. I can recognize something as obvious as a Hummer or a Volkswagon, but as a general rule I find it difficult seeing things such as tail light shape and windshield slope and easily putting those into the context of any particular make and model. I wonder if there's a test, or even a name, for that sort of thing. And I wonder if it's a deficiency that can be overcome if one has sufficient motivation to do so.
posted at: 12:29 | category: /Health and Fitness | link to this entry
