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 ...

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.

Face blindness – perhaps, like one participant in a new study, you “didn’t know it was a thing”. But prosopagnosia, to use its medical designation, is a real condition that affects someone’s ability ...

Researchers have launched a new study into a little-known phenomenon that prevents people from recognizing members of their own immediate family or sometimes even their own reflection. Judith Lowes, ...

Researchers described the "first report of prosopagnosia following COVID-19" They detailed the case of a patient who struggled to recognize even family members A survey revealed that many others with ...