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'Nobody believes me!' Brad Pitt details his struggle with rare 'face blindness' condition prosopagnosia which makes it difficult to recognize people (even his own family!)
daily mail ^ | 7/6/2022 | lawrence

Posted on 07/06/2022 7:30:03 AM PDT by RummyChick

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To: Guenevere

Angelina hates her Conservative Dad.


41 posted on 07/06/2022 8:41:46 AM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: RummyChick
an inability to recognize faces

Maybe just an excuse for being bad at remembering names.

42 posted on 07/06/2022 8:43:55 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Chad_the_Impaler

I can guess that he can recognize and choose beauty. He just doesn’t know if the beautiful face he’s looking at is one he’s met before, until he hears her voice or recognizes something else about her.


43 posted on 07/06/2022 8:50:43 AM PDT by Nea Wood
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To: RummyChick

Happens when you spend too much time looking into mirrors.


44 posted on 07/06/2022 8:51:44 AM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera )
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To: RummyChick
Prosopagnosia is an 'interesting disorder'.

It comes in degrees as well, say from mild (1) to severe (10). If severe, Brad does not recognize someone from one interaction to another (the next day). As a few posters have noted the beauty of his women, prosopagnosia does not affect one's ability to recognize or perceive beauty.

I believe I have a mild (say 3-4) case of this disorder. It is a flaw, either inherited or via trauma (scientists don't really know for sure - but that's true of most of the brain's functions!).

Anyway, it's a flaw in the wiring of the fusiform 'facial recognition' area of the brain. Normally we recognize faces & familiarity with ease - greater ease than we remember the names that go with the faces, yes?

Yes. Nat Geo did a fMRI on Susan Polgar's brain and found she did most of her chess problem-processing in this area of the brain...making patterns and their solutions "easily recognizable" because the problems were processed in that specific (easy-to-access-for-normals) area.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wzs33wvr9E

There must be a strong, very strong resemblance between two people before I can equate them as say, father/son, mother/daughter, etc. When the disorder is severe, it is incredibly frustrating, and in fact, maybe Brad Pitt channels his frustration into his deeply emotional 'acting chops' I'd say...

45 posted on 07/06/2022 8:58:27 AM PDT by spankalib
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To: spankalib

you should contact his people...he did say he wanted to meet someone with it.


46 posted on 07/06/2022 9:01:21 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: Rinnwald

So almost 90% of the brain that is not water is phospholipids.

No, Sherlock, 24%, not 90%. You also should shut the he!! up.


47 posted on 07/06/2022 9:02:43 AM PDT by Born to Conserve
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To: RummyChick
Ironic, since every time Brad looks in a mirror, he sees Dr. Hermann Rorschach...


48 posted on 07/06/2022 9:07:17 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack
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To: RummyChick

Don’t know, just saying Jolie judgement sucks if she encouraged that behavior


49 posted on 07/06/2022 9:29:13 AM PDT by PMAS (Vote with your wallets, there are 80 million of us - No China made, No Amazon)
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To: spankalib
As a few posters have noted the beauty of his women, prosopagnosia does not affect one's ability to recognize or perceive beauty.

Apparently, it may or may not (varies) affect the perception of facial attractiveness, at least according to this study: The perception of facial attractiveness in prosopagnosia, by Javid Sadr; Bradley C. Duchaine; Ken Nakayama, Journal of Vision August 2004, Vol.4, 914.
50 posted on 07/06/2022 9:38:16 AM PDT by Chad_the_Impaler
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To: spankalib

Yeah, it is a real thing. Most people don’t realize they may be on the spectrum of this until they actually hear a out it. I only heard about it maybe ten or so years ago, and it made me think back to all the times I wasn’t able to recognize people that I otherwise should. If I see someone I know in a place that I don’t expect to see them and they acknowledge me, I have to really think hard about who that person is. It’s weird sometimes. It’s not debilitating, but it’s kind of weird. If I know a person very well, it’s not a problem, but if I haven’t seen a person in a long time and run into them at a concert or something, I have to really strain my memory to grab clues and try to put the face to a name again.


51 posted on 07/06/2022 10:07:02 AM PDT by lefty-lie-spy (Stay Metal)
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To: Born to Conserve

Yikes.

We’re here for you buddy. If you’re having any problems you want to talk about, I’ll listen.


52 posted on 07/06/2022 10:12:02 AM PDT by Rinnwald
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To: Prince of Space

Okay...to much dope! Willie and Snoopy can be test subjects when they grow up!


53 posted on 07/06/2022 11:18:40 AM PDT by gr8eman (Abortion! It's just a murderous ghoul thing!)
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To: Rinnwald

Retard.


54 posted on 07/06/2022 11:22:26 AM PDT by Born to Conserve
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To: Born to Conserve

Okay, I see where I misread your post. So, 6.5 % phospholipids, if your statement is accurate.

Is there any reason to be so hostile? You could have replied somewhat like the following (let’s say it together):

“Dear FRiend, I believe you are mistaken. Including water, phospholipids make up 6.5% of the human brain.

Yours Truly,
Born to Conserve”

There, I knew that you could.


55 posted on 07/06/2022 2:05:41 PM PDT by Rinnwald
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To: Chad_the_Impaler

Thanks!


56 posted on 07/06/2022 2:48:11 PM PDT by spankalib
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To: Rinnwald

#36 He is bipolar, suffering from tourette syndrome too : )


57 posted on 07/06/2022 4:48:27 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: Rinnwald

I had a professor who flunked students for “displaying their ignorance”. You really need to put a zipper on your mouth.


58 posted on 07/06/2022 8:11:16 PM PDT by Born to Conserve
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To: Born to Conserve

What did the rest of your professors do? Not flunk the ignorant?


59 posted on 07/06/2022 10:56:31 PM PDT by Rinnwald
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To: Rinnwald

You are stupid. You should consider not showing everyone.


60 posted on 07/07/2022 2:00:52 AM PDT by Born to Conserve
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