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prosopagnosia

prosopagnosia Prosopagnosia is a visual agnosia in which a person cannot recognize familiar faces or learn to recognize new ones.

Prosopagnosia is a visual agnosia in which a person cannot recognize familiar faces or learn to recognize new ones. It is most often linked to brain damage in the area where the temporal and occipital lobes meet, usually on both sides but sometimes in the right occipito-temporal region alone.

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Drafting source: U.S. National Library of Medicine. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), 2026 descriptor edition. “Prosopagnosia” (D020238).
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