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单词 prosopagnosia
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Definition of prosopagnosia in English:

prosopagnosia

noun ˌprɒsə(ʊ)paɡˈnəʊsɪəˌprɒsə(ʊ)paɡˈnəʊzɪəˌpräsəpaɡˈnōZH(ē)ə
mass nounPsychiatry
  • A neurological condition characterized by the inability to recognize the faces of familiar people.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is widespread, institutionalised prosopagnosia.
    • Deep prosopagnosia (impaired facial recognition) could also be a reason for autoscopy.
    • Another well-known and dramatic line of evidence for specific face-processing brain regions is the existence of the neuropsychological deficit of prosopagnosia.
    • Other people suffer from prosopagnosia due to trauma to the brain that caused brain damage.
    • He and his colleagues describe covert recognition in prosopagnosia, another category-specific agnosia in which faces cannot be visually recognized.

Origin

1950s: modern Latin, from Greek prosōpon 'face' + agnōsia 'ignorance'.

Definition of prosopagnosia in US English:

prosopagnosia

nounˌpräsəpaɡˈnōZH(ē)ə
Psychiatry
  • A neurological condition characterized by the inability to recognize the faces of familiar people.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Other people suffer from prosopagnosia due to trauma to the brain that caused brain damage.
    • Another well-known and dramatic line of evidence for specific face-processing brain regions is the existence of the neuropsychological deficit of prosopagnosia.
    • Deep prosopagnosia (impaired facial recognition) could also be a reason for autoscopy.
    • He and his colleagues describe covert recognition in prosopagnosia, another category-specific agnosia in which faces cannot be visually recognized.
    • It is widespread, institutionalised prosopagnosia.

Origin

1950s: modern Latin, from Greek prosōpon ‘face’ + agnōsia ‘ignorance’.

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