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Hereditary prosopagnosia in self reports
People who suffer from prosopagnosia, syn. face blindness are unable to recognize others solely by their face. Reports by those affected picture the problematic nature from very different perspectives in every day life. Not only the variety, but most notably the wide resemblance of the symptoms is documented. The generation of numerous compensatory strategies, the many typical anecdotes, and the frequent deficiency of inner images concordantly describe the subjective sensibility of prosopagnosia