Brad Pitt Suffers from Prosopagnosia Or Face Blindness
Brad Pitt was having a word with GQ Magazine where he said that he at times, struggles to remember new people whom he meets
Due to this, he worries that people surrounding him thinks of him as remote, self-absorbed and inaccessible
What is prosopagnosia?
Prosopagnosia is a neurological disorder affecting facial perception among people
Due to this the person loses ability to recognize faces. There are two types of Prosopagnosia, acquired and developmental
As per the National Health Service in the UK, acquired prosopagnosia occurs after a person has met a brain injury
What causes the Problem?
Face blindness is caused by impairment or damage in the fusiform gyrus area of the brain
Prosopagnosia doesn’t affect a person’s learning disability, blindness or memory loss. One in 50 people are susceptible to it
Treatment of Prosopagnosia
There is no cure for acquired prosopagnosia, patients are retained to use clues to recognize faces
As per NINDS, people suffering from prosopagnosia need to use compensatory strategies to better recognize faces
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