2. What is Prosopagnosia? Prosopagnosia is also referred to face blindness People with Prosopagnosia are impaired in recognizing faces they have seen before People can recognize specific facial features Prosopagnosic’s can’t recognize same set of features repeatedly
3. Types of Prosopagnosia Acquired- Develops in adults through brain damage or head trauma Developmental- Developing Prosopagnosia in minors with no sign of brain damage
4. Who gets Prosopagnosia? 2% of the world population has Prosopagnosia Children with Autism and Asperger Syndrome are more likely Those who have suffered sever head trauma, stroke, or other degenerative diseases Caused by damage to Temperal or Occiptal lobes
5. DSM-IV Prosopagnosia is not officially in the DSM-IV Based on the research we have done we can conclude what it would say The essential features include not being able to notice a set of facial features when seeing them multiple times The Associative Features are from head trauma, stroke, or other degenerative diseases People with Autism or Aspergers Syndrome are more likely to have Prosopagnosia
6. Case Study Our case study is about Jo Livingston She is afraid to interact with people because it would be embarrassing if she could not identify them Jo Livingston has been living with Developmental Prosopagnosia her whole life She never knew until one day she saw a woman sit next to her at a park and did not realize it was her own granddaughter Jo now speaks to teachers at schools about how to deal with students who may have Prosopagnosia.
7. Is There a Treatment? No Formal treatment Studies to improve ability to recognize faces Best treatment is to help people with Prosopagnosiacope
