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health-and-medicine1 year ago

"Mayo Clinic Study Reveals Insights into Prosopagnosia"

Mayo Clinic researchers conducted a study on prosopagnosia, or face blindness, uncovering insights into its neurological causes, potential for improvement, and specific brain regions involved. The study included 336 patients with developmental or acquired prosopagnosia, revealing genetic links in developmental cases and associations with neurodegenerative diseases in acquired cases. Neuroimaging showed bilateral involvement in degenerative cases and right-sided lesions in non-degenerative cases. Some non-degenerative cases showed signs of transient or improving prosopagnosia, offering hope for potential improvement. The study highlights the complexity of prosopagnosia and the need for standardized testing and further research into treatment strategies and genetic underpinnings.

via PsyPost|
#brain-research#face-recognition#health-and-medicine
health2 years ago

Brad Pitt Opens Up About Rare Disorder and Lack of Belief in Heartbreaking Confession

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.

via Yahoo Life|
#brad-pitt#face-blindness#health
health2 years ago

Brad Pitt Opens Up About Rare Disorder and Lack of Belief in Heartbreaking Confession

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.

via Yahoo News|
#brad-pitt#face-blindness#health
health2 years ago

New Study Links COVID-19 to Face Blindness Symptom.

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.

via TODAY|
#covid-19#face-blindness#health
health2 years ago

COVID-19 Linked to "Face Blindness" in New Study

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.

via ScienceAlert|
#covid-19#face-blindness#health
health2 years ago

COVID-19 May Cause 'Face Blindness', Study Finds

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.

via Fox News|
#covid-19#face-blindness#health