Strategies to recognise people require ‘huge mental effort’ and often don’t work.
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A highly unusual new case is giving scientists insights about what causes illusions of facial distortion
No single test can accurately determine whether you are a super-recogniser.
Face blindness is believed to be a fairly common condition but, until now, diagnosis has been complicated and expensive
Do you recognise the people in the picture above? They are, of course, Jane Goodall – British primatologist and anthropologist – and the actor, author and comedian Stephen Fry. Recognising the identity…
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