"Face blindness," or the inability to recognize faces, may be a rare symptom of long COVID, a new case report suggests. A case report published in March in the journal Cortex suggests a possible link ...
One of the biggest downsides of becoming ill with COVID-19 is the inability to be around friends or family during quarantining. But could the virus make it difficult to recognize loved ones at all? A ...
Early in the pandemic, a 28-year-old customer service representative and portrait painter caught COVID-19. She had a high fever for a few days and trouble breathing. Her sense of smell and taste ...
What is "face blindness?" The rare neurological disorder, also known as prosopagnosia, makes it difficult and sometimes impossible to recognize faces, including familiar ones or even your own.
A 28-year-old woman went 'face blind' after she caught COVID. She was no longer able to identify the face of her dad and could only recognize him by his voice. People with prosopagnosia rely on ...
Face blindness, a mystifying condition that can trick us into believing we recognize people we've never met or make us fail to recognize those we have, has been previously estimated to affect between ...
After a bout of COVID-19, Annie couldn’t recognize her father’s face, even though she’s a part-time portrait artist. “My dad’s voice came out of a stranger’s face,” the case study, identified only by ...
Face blindness is a real medical condition, scientists have said. Prosopagnosia, known as facial blindness, affects at least 2 per cent of people and symptoms include being unable to spot a person in ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — How many times have you thought to yourself, ‘I’m so bad at remembering people’s names?’ Imagine not being able to recall faces — not just those of people you meet, but ...
Hollywood superstar, Brad Pitt, has claimed he suffers from a highly unusual condition known as “face blindness,” which has caused him numerous problems in his social life. The Fight Club actor said ...
What if you came downstairs in the morning and there was a stranger in the kitchen making you breakfast? What if unfamiliar kids reached out to you at the supermarket? Or you introduced yourself to ...