Face-Blindness And Stones

Prosopagnosia, or face-blindness, is when you are unable to recognize other humans by their faces. This page explains what it can be like to try to recognize your friends with other brain centres than the one that is designed for it.

Have you ever wondered how it can be possible to recognize one face among hundreds of thousands? We don't seem to have the same ability for other types of objects, do we? If you think that a face has far more describable features than a stone, take a minute and contemplate the following exercise.