What is prosopagnosia?

Agnosia is a general term for a loss of ability to recognize objects, people, sounds, shapes, or smells; that is, the inability to attach appropriate meaning to objective sense-data. Prosopagnosia (face blindness) is a disorder of face perception where the ability to recognize faces is impaired.

How do members experience prosopagnosia?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with prosopagnosia*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for prosopagnosia*

Who has prosopagnosia on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 1
30s 1
40s 2
50s 5
60s 4
70+ 1

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 5
Female 11