Prosopagnosia - Suffering from Face Blindness

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The face is considered to be the feature which best distinguishes an individual, however, people affected by prosopagnosia are unable to recognize and memorize faces. Prosopagnosia, also known as face blindness, is a disorder that in some form affects one in 50 individuals. Although initially it was believed that prosopagnosia is a rare disease caused by brain injury, today it is known that face blindness is a relatively widespread disorder that may be inherited as well. Learn more about the disease as well as other conditions that interfere with one's ability to recognize faces in this book.

Product details

• Assisted by: Edward R. Miller-Jones (Editor), Edwar R Miller-Jones (Editor)
• Publisher: FastBook Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.06.2012
• EAN: 9786130135300
• ISBN: 978-613-0-13530-0
• No. of pages: 92
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine