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prosopagnosia Med.|ˌprɒsəʊpægˈnəʊsɪə|
[mod.L., ad. G. prosopagnosie (J. Bodamer 1948, in Arch. f. Psychiatrie CLXXIX. 6), f. Gr. πρόσωπ-ον face, person + ἀγνωσία ignorance.]
An inability to recognize a face as that of any particular person.
1950Q. Cumulative Index Medicus XLIV. 125/2 Agnosia in recognition of physiognomy (prosopagnosia). 1953Brain LXXVI. 542 There is still to be considered the seeming contradiction between the patient's severe prosop-agnosia and his better achievements in the perception of Snellen's types, in time reading and counting of fingers. 1976Lancet 30 Oct. 967/1 She can read n6 slowly and complains of inability to recognise faces (prosopagnosia): people are recognised by their voices. 1979Sci. Amer. Sept. 162/3 The lesions that cause prosopagnosia are as stereotyped as the disorder itself. |