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Super-recognizers are individuals with an exceptional ability to remember and identify unfamiliar faces after brief encounters. This rare skill is at the opposite end of the spectrum from face blindness and is being studied by researchers to better understand facial recognition processes, which are crucial for social interaction.
A new case report suggests that "face blindness," or the inability to recognize faces, may be a rare symptom of long COVID. The report describes a patient who developed face blindness after contracting COVID-19. Face blindness is a condition that an estimated 3% of the population are born with, and roughly 1 in 30,000 acquire as a result of damage to regions in the brain specialized for processing faces. The patient also reported difficulties in navigating familiar spaces, such as her local grocery store. It is unclear exactly how COVID-19 might have contributed to the sudden onset of face blindness.
Brad Pitt believes he has undiagnosed prosopagnosia, a neurological disorder that affects a person's ability to recognize faces. He has struggled with it for years, making him come off as egotistical and smug in social situations. Pitt fears he has created a false image of himself and wants to get tested. Prosopagnosia can be developed or acquired after brain trauma, and treatment involves learning compensatory strategies to use in social situations.
Brad Pitt believes he has undiagnosed prosopagnosia, a neurological disorder that affects a person's ability to recognize faces. He has struggled with it for years, making him come off as egotistical and smug in social situations. Pitt fears he has created a false image of himself and wants to get tested. Prosopagnosia can be developed or acquired after brain trauma, and treatment involves learning compensatory strategies to use in social situations.
A case study led by researchers at Dartmouth College indicates that COVID-19 can cause severe and persistent neuropsychological problems, including deficits in facial recognition and navigation abilities. The study describes a 28-year-old woman who had severe COVID-19 in March 2020 and suffered a symptom relapse two months later. She started having difficulty recognizing faces during her symptom relapse in 2020, and these deficits have persisted ever since. The researchers surveyed 54 individuals who had long COVID about their neuropsychological abilities, and a majority reported a decline in visual recognition and navigation abilities.
Some long COVID patients are reporting difficulty recognizing faces, a condition known as prosopagnosia or face blindness. It is not clear how many people have developed this symptom after getting COVID-19. Prosopagnosia can cause social problems, but it is possible to improve facial recognition with practice, though it's not a cure and it's not easy either.
A new study suggests that COVID-19 can cause "face blindness" or prosopagnosia, a condition where people struggle to recognize familiar faces. The study surveyed more than 50 patients with long COVID and found that most were having difficulty identifying familiar faces since their infections. The study also found that navigation difficulties are common in people with prosopagnosia. The majority of people with long COVID reported noticeable neurological difficulties doing things they found easy before. The case study highlights the sorts of perceptual problems with face recognition and navigation that can be caused by COVID-19.
A recent study in the journal Cortex suggests that COVID-19 can cause prosopagnosia, or "face blindness," as a symptom. Researchers reported the first instance of this condition after COVID-19 infection in a 28-year-old woman named Annie, who struggled to identify even her closest family members two months after getting the virus. The study also found that people with long COVID reported problems with visual recognition and navigation abilities. However, the study had limitations, and more rigorous testing is needed to strengthen its conclusions.