prosopagnosia
pronunciation
How to pronounce prosopagnosia in British English:
UK [prɒsɒpɑ:ɡ'nəʊzə]
How to pronounce prosopagnosia in American English:
US [prɒsɒpɑɡ'noʊzə]
Word Origin
- prosopagnosia (n.)
- 1950, Medical Latin from German prosopagnosie (1948), from Greek prosopon "face" (see prosopopeia) + agnosia "ignorance" (see agnostic).
Example
- 1. A person 's response to prosopagnosia seems as varied as the response to vision loss .
- 2. I wanted to talk about your prosopagnosia , which you write about in the mind 's eye .
- 3. She did suffer a severe head injury at age 16 while horseback riding , but it is unclear whether that caused her prosopagnosia as an adult .
- 4. Normal face perception is just picking up on the melody of faces while people with prosopagnosia generally lack this ability ( although to different degrees ) .
- 5. At this point , it 's worth saying that there are various forms of prosopagnosia , an acquired version which people get after brain damage , and an inherited form , which oliver sacks and chuck close have .