Department of Psychology Colloquium - Dr. Holly Hinson, OHSU
Thursday, September 19, 4:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Psy136
This event is open only to current Reed students, faculty, and staff.
“Eyes Without a Face: A Neurologist’s Experience with
Face Blindness”
Imagine living in a world populated with strangers, except those unfamiliar faces are in fact those of family and friends! While it sounds like science fiction, the condition of being unable to recognize familiar faces, known as “prosopagnosia,” is much more common than previously believed. Face blind individuals rely on other cues such as height or hairstyle to identify others, and sometimes even themselves. In this talk, neurologist Holly Hinson will describe the neuro-anatomical basis of face blindness and review some famous cases of prosopagnosia including a famous neurologist (Oliver Sacks) and a portrait painter (Chuck Close). Dr. Hinson discovered she was face blind in the course of her residency in Neurology. She will also chronicle her own misadventures with the condition.
For more information, contact Tim Hackenberg.
Submitted by Joan Meyer.
Posted on Sep 6, 2013
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