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Preferred term

prosopagnosia  

Definition

  • A rare disorder that impairs one's ability to recognize familiar faces, such as one's family members, friends, celebrities, and even one's own face. This often results from damage to the temporal lobes in the brain. [Source: The SAGE Glossary of the Social and Behavioral Sciences; Prosopagnosia]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-RTM7VJ22-S

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