prosopagnosia
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Apparently derived from the German title of a 1947 paper by neurologist Joachim Bodamer describing the condition, titled Die Prosop-Agnosie, derived from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “face”) and ἀγνωσία (agnōsía, “non-knowledge”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌpɹɒsəpaɡˈnəʊʒə/, /ˌpɹɒsəpaɡˈnəʊzɪə/, /ˌpɹɒsəpaɡˈnəʊsɪə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌpɹɑsoʊpæɡˈnoʊʒə/
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Audio (US) (file)
Noun[edit]
prosopagnosia (countable and uncountable, plural prosopagnosias)
- A form of visual agnosia characterised by difficulty with face recognition despite intact low-level visual processing.
- 1984, Robert Axelrod, The Evolution of Cooperation, p. 102
- A normal person can name someone from facial features alone, even if the features have changed substantially over the years. People with prosopagnosia are not able to make this association, but have few other neurological symptoms other than a loss of some part of the visual field.
- 1984, Robert Axelrod, The Evolution of Cooperation, p. 102
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
- acquired prosopagnosia
- congenital prosopagnosia
- developmental prosopagnosia
- hereditary prosopagnosia (HPA)
- prosopagnosic
Translations[edit]
disorder of face perception
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See also[edit]
prosopagnosia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Finnish[edit]
Noun[edit]
prosopagnosia
- (pathology, psychology) face blindness, prosopagnosia (disorder in face recognition)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of prosopagnosia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | prosopagnosia | prosopagnosiat | |
genitive | prosopagnosian | prosopagnosioiden prosopagnosioitten |
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partitive | prosopagnosiaa | prosopagnosioita | |
illative | prosopagnosiaan | prosopagnosioihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | prosopagnosia | prosopagnosiat | |
accusative | nom. | prosopagnosia | prosopagnosiat |
gen. | prosopagnosian | ||
genitive | prosopagnosian | prosopagnosioiden prosopagnosioitten prosopagnosiainrare |
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partitive | prosopagnosiaa | prosopagnosioita | |
inessive | prosopagnosiassa | prosopagnosioissa | |
elative | prosopagnosiasta | prosopagnosioista | |
illative | prosopagnosiaan | prosopagnosioihin | |
adessive | prosopagnosialla | prosopagnosioilla | |
ablative | prosopagnosialta | prosopagnosioilta | |
allative | prosopagnosialle | prosopagnosioille | |
essive | prosopagnosiana | prosopagnosioina | |
translative | prosopagnosiaksi | prosopagnosioiksi | |
instructive | — | prosopagnosioin | |
abessive | prosopagnosiatta | prosopagnosioitta | |
comitative | — | prosopagnosioineen |
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