From Pareidolia to Prosopagnosia

[UglyNRude]

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When we look at the human mind we see especially in the paranormal field see how some people THINK they see ghosts where ghosts don't exist. This is evident on most paranormal web sites out there. It effects people differently with some seeing a human shape or face in everything. This is pareidolia, or the minds ability to look for familiar objects. This ability was programmed into our minds from the beginning when recognizing danger could save your life.

Now lets look at those who are at the other extreme, those suffering from Prosopagnosia, the lack of ability to recognize objects or human faces. While rare from birth its usually associated with a head trauma. To me this is the hardest to understand, how can we not see whats in front of us? So once again we need to look at how our brain works, do we really see what we see? Do we all see the same thing? The more we learn about our brain the more we learn it does more then what we give it credit for.

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[scarygirl67]

Found this good link on the subject of prosopagnosia.

http://www.faceblind.org/research/

It is also called "face blindness". The medical term for recognition impairment is called agnosia, and the Greek word for "face" is "prospon". A German neurologist named Joachim Bodamer did an extensive study in 1947 where he also coined the term.