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/ˌpɹɒsəpaɡˈnəʊʒə/ · noun
(neurology, pathology, psychology) A form of visual agnosia characterized by difficulty with face recognition despite intact low-level visual processing..
A normal person can name someone from facial features alone, even if the features have changed substantially over the years. People with prosopagnosia are not able to make this association, but have few other neurological symptoms other than a loss of some part of the visual field.
Use prosopagnosia when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Prosopagnosia means (neurology, pathology, psychology) A form of visual agnosia characterized by difficulty with face recognition despite intact low-level visual processing..
Common synonyms include face blindness, PA.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
A normal person can name someone from facial features alone, even if the features have changed substantially over the years. People with prosopagnosia are not able to make this association, but have few other neurological symptoms other than a loss of some part of the visual field.
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