Face Memory: Brain Training Question of the Week

Prosopagnosia is a brain disorder which makes it difficult for some people to recognize other people’s faces, though their ability to identify other objects remains relatively intact.

Also known as face blindness, prosopagnosia (proso•pag•no•sia) is known to result from acute brain damage. However, recent studies suggest that a congenital form of the disorder may also exist. In other words, prosopagnosia may also be inherited.

Can Prosopagnosia be Cured?

To date there is no known cure for prosopagnosia, although therapies have been developed to help affected people recognize faces more successfully and manage their day-to-day lives more comfortably. Through effective training prosopagnosia sufferers can indeed develop methods for dealing with their impairment.

Face-Memory Treatment

Innovative methods for treating face-memory disorders are indeed available. For instance, “Face-It” is a soon-to-be-released brain training game designed by Mind360’s cognitive psychologists. The game trains people to use various forms of association, such as distinctive facial features, to recognize and remember faces more easily.

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