Prosopagnosia
Diagnosing prosopagnosia
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If you have problems recognising faces, your GP may refer you to a clinical neuropsychologist working within the NHS or private practice.
You may also be referred to a researcher who specialises in the field and is based at a nearby university.
You'll have an assessment involving a range of tests that assess your face recognition ability, among other skills. For example, you may be asked to:
- memorise and later recognise faces you've never seen before
- recognise famous faces
- spot similarities and differences between faces presented next to each other
- judge age, gender or emotional expression from a set of faces
If you live within travelling distance of Bournemouth University, the Centre for Face Processing Disorders may be able to offer you a formal testing session and the opportunity to take part in their research programme.
Articles for Prosopagnosia
Diagnosing prosopagnosia
If you have problems recognising faces, your GP may refer you to a clinical neuropsychologist working within the NHS or private practice. You may also be referred to a researcher who specialises in t
Introduction
Find out about prosopagnosia (an inability to recognise faces), including how the condition can affect a person's everyday life, plus details about commonly used coping strategies.
The impact ofprosopagnosia
A person with prosopagnosia may avoid social interaction and develop social anxiety disorder (an overwhelming fear of social situations). They may also have difficulty forming relationships or experi
Treatingprosopagnosia
There's no specific treatment for prosopagnosia, but researchers are continuing to investigate what causes the condition, and training programmes are being developed to help improve facial recognition
What causesprosopagnosia?
There are two types of prosopagnosia known as: developmental prosopagnosia where a person has prosopagnosia without havingbrain damage acquired prosopagnosiawhere a person develops prosopagnosia af