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Old 11-19-2008, 01:41 PM
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I'm the exact opposite Rayne. If I meet someone, I'll see them a few months later and think "I know that person from somewhere". I NEVER forget a face. Names? Now that's another story.
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Old 11-19-2008, 01:52 PM
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:eek: OMG!!!

Prosopagnosia

"Until early in the 21st century, prosopagnosia was thought to be quite rare and solely associated with brain injury or neurological illness affecting specific areas of the brain. However, some evidence suggests that there may be a form of congenital prosopagnosia in which people are born with a selective impairment in recognising and perceiving faces. The cases that have been reported suggest that this form of the disorder may be highly variable and some newer research suggests that it may be heritable and much more common than previously thought (about 2% of the population may be affected). It has been suggested that very mild cases of face blindness are much more common, perhaps affecting 10% of the population, although there have not been any studies confirming this. The inability to keep track of the identity of characters in movies is a common complaint.

Associative Prosopagnosia

Associative prosopagnosia is thought to be an impairment to the links between early face perception processes and the semantic information we hold about people in our memories. People with this form of the disorder may be able to say whether photos of people's faces are the same or different and derive the age and gender from a face (suggesting they can make sense of some face information) but may not be able to subsequently identify the person or provide any information about them such as their name, occupation or when they were last encountered. They may be able to recognise and produce such information based on non-face information such as voice, hair, or even particularly distinctive facial features (such as a distinctive moustache) that does not require the structure of the face to be understood. Typically such people do not report that 'faces make no sense' but simply that they do not look distinctive in any way."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosopagnosia

If you guys remember my rant about The Descent, and how I had a hard time keeping track of who was dead and who wasn't, because the blondes all looked the same to me...At one point I said to Dustin, "That girl was already killed" when I saw the blonde crouching in a tunnel...He had to rewind and show me that it was a different girl...I absolutely couldn't tell them apart...I've told him many, MANY times that it would be great if all of the characters of a movie could have different hair color or something because it confuses me, and I always have to ask him who's who...I'm gonna go for a bit because this is fascinating to me (so I have to find out more about it), and I am being FLOODED with instances of examples of this 'thing' that I just realized I might have

BTW...My mother is terrible at recognizing faces, too...and she can never remember who celebrities are, either...I just thought it was normal...
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Old 11-19-2008, 03:22 PM
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This by far the best horror forum and commuinity on the net.When I first joined the welcome I got was all but warm but I knew right away this was a awesome place.Then I ended up leaving for over a year and I can't really remember why but then I cam back and almost forgot how amazing this place is.

Just wanna say a big thanks to all the members here who make this place so fucking kick ass.
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Old 11-19-2008, 07:54 PM
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Old 11-21-2008, 10:02 AM
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I love you Angra

Don't cry, Novakru.

I notice you. ;)
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Old 11-23-2008, 02:47 PM
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Don't cry, Novakru.

I notice you. ;)
Well
I just don't know Angra
All those heartbroken hours
Sigh
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Old 11-23-2008, 02:52 PM
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This is actually the only other forum I've actually stuck around at besides another forum I post at often.

Not a bad place at all. Also a good break from illiterate morons from the other forum I go to, which isn't a horror forum.
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