S2:e22 - More than just a pretty face

Heather finally lands her special guest, Chryssy and Heather's friend Paula, who joins us to share and answer questions about Prosoplagnosia, AKA face blindness.

Chryssy is pretty sure she has it, and Heather is pretty sure she is a super-recognizer.

You can learn what you are in one of these awesome resources:

• Famous Faces test.  https://www.testmybrain.org/
• The Cambridge Super Face Memory Test. The average person who takes this test correctly identifies 57 out of 72 faces. Paula's percentile score was 9, meaning she scored higher than 9% of people who took this test.
• Seven Signs You May Be Face Blind: https://www.testmybrain.org/do-you-suffer-from-face-blindness-seven-signs-and-symptoms-of-prosopagnosia/
• https://www.oliversacks.com/books-by-oliver-sacks/the-minds-eye/
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/magazine/wp/2019/08/21/feature/my-life-with-face-blindness/
• About Jane Goodall and prosopagnosia: https://faceblind.livejournal.com/5325.html
• Just for Fun: https://www.buzzfeed.com/kellyoakes/how-face-blind-are-you

And especially for  Heather, a superrecognizer test : https://www.businessinsider.com/super-recognizer-remember-faces-quiz-2016-8

BONUS RESOURCE! A podcast about Faceblindness.  It's a Faceblind guy talking to a BLIND guy about how HE recognizes faces and it's ... interesting! https://faceblindpodcast.com/category/podcast/

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