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So is Prosopagnosia (face blindness) something “repairable” with glasses/contacts?

Face blindness
Jonathan W wonders:


Inspiration for this question comes from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosopagnosia

I was just wondering, sometimes it does seem difficult to distinguish certain features on a person’s face, but is it “face blindness” or just poor vision? I’m wondering, is it something that changes with your vision, or is it like a veil that your mind applies to a face, it’s constantly that quality?


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2 Responses to 'So is Prosopagnosia (face blindness) something “repairable” with glasses/contacts?'

  1. skc_07 - July 28th, 2008 at 8:18 am

    No, it is a problem in your brain and memory. Not your eyes themselves.

  2. Flup - July 29th, 2008 at 10:46 am

    No, it’s nothing to do with sight. There was a fascinating article in New Scientist a few months ago about this; it’s probably still on their website at


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