tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post5036720894751290443..comments2023-08-18T19:57:30.372+10:00Comments on humanities researcher: Face-blindnessThis old world is a new worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11567163294720510335noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-48876140948033340292008-08-27T22:39:00.000+10:002008-08-27T22:39:00.000+10:00Yay! another one such as I! We can have lots of f...Yay! another one such as I! We can have lots of fun at conferences not recognising each other...This old world is a new worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567163294720510335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-34799863937516319622008-08-27T22:05:00.000+10:002008-08-27T22:05:00.000+10:00That first test was the most anxiety provoking one...That first test was the most anxiety provoking one I ever took! I got 75%, partly through guesses. The only face I consistently knew was the semi-scary staring guy with the pointy chin. I breathed with relief every time he flashed on. Otherwise they all looked like Shrek.<BR/><BR/>I'm not doing the second test because I wam way too frazzled now.Jeffrey Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346504393740520542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-79716412149996998772008-08-27T09:59:00.000+10:002008-08-27T09:59:00.000+10:00Without wanting to bang on too much more, but for ...Without wanting to bang on too much more, but for completeness -- yes and no. It was more to do with not being sure whether you'd recognised me or not, than thinking that you definitely hadn't, which happens often enough that I likely wouldn't have remembered the event at all. Brains are odd.David Thornbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12129481335342570688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-90179711369811590182008-08-26T22:19:00.000+10:002008-08-26T22:19:00.000+10:00Why do I get the feeling this "something you have ...Why do I get the feeling this "something you have occasionally recalled" involves me not recognising you? All's fair in the interests of science, I guess, so you go right ahead!<BR/><BR/>I think with teaching I have tended to worry more about linking names with faces, so I've thought of it more as a memory problem, and so it hasn't bothered me. I've only just realised this as a mild condition This old world is a new worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567163294720510335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-12706040139395788852008-08-26T20:41:00.000+10:002008-08-26T20:41:00.000+10:00I ended up with 93 and 97 -- though to be fair I m...I ended up with 93 and 97 -- though to be fair I may not have got T.B. either, without having read the comments first. I didn't know you're not good at facial recognition; I'm a bit surprised that it doesn't make teaching a bit difficult though. (I scored alright and I still find it difficult in a teaching environment!) For me, when I find someone who looks a lot like someone else I know (which David Thornbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12129481335342570688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-24326265793992209712008-08-26T20:38:00.000+10:002008-08-26T20:38:00.000+10:00This comment has been removed by the author.David Thornbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12129481335342570688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-52061139577049425752008-08-26T14:21:00.000+10:002008-08-26T14:21:00.000+10:00Sometimes blogger just doesn't want to accept a co...Sometimes blogger just doesn't want to accept a comment (I sometimes have to go round and round with my password and word verification till the cheerful green message appears at top of the comments screen). Alison's obviously got swallowed up... She tells me she got 97% and 90%. Another excellent result.<BR/><BR/>So it's just me, then!This old world is a new worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567163294720510335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-10734802167941724572008-08-26T13:26:00.000+10:002008-08-26T13:26:00.000+10:00oops, just realised you might not know who the abo...oops, just realised you might not know who the above comment was from - it's Alison Young, your colleague-in-a-different-School!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-66359703383153608432008-08-26T09:15:00.000+10:002008-08-26T09:15:00.000+10:00Yeah; perhaps not mention names for a day or two, ...Yeah; perhaps not mention names for a day or two, in case others want to do the test blind (heh heh). I certainly didn't get Blair without the hair, and am appalled at some of the others I didn't get either. <BR/><BR/>But really, when doing the first test, towards the end I was almost clicking at random, unable to remember whether a face that looked familiar was because it was one of the six This old world is a new worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567163294720510335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-62586982315460333382008-08-26T04:36:00.000+10:002008-08-26T04:36:00.000+10:00I got a 94 for the first test and 100% for the cel...I got a 94 for the first test and 100% for the celebrity test, though having read Mel's comment first, I think my Blair answer shouldn't count -- I might not have recognized him from that picture, either.Dr. Viragohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960384082670286328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-70265322185164378592008-08-26T00:46:00.000+10:002008-08-26T00:46:00.000+10:00I got 97 for both. Only my failure to recognise To...I got 97 for both. Only my failure to recognise Tony Blair when he wasn't smiling ruined the second test.Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08987383983530564029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-70731071039034736912008-08-26T00:30:00.000+10:002008-08-26T00:30:00.000+10:00I got 93 for both. And there were a couple of famo...I got 93 for both. And there were a couple of famous faces it was truly shocking of me not to recognise.<BR/><BR/>I'm doing a manga-gallery of mates from memory, and mine for you is far more flattering than Joel's! Perhaps the Artiste draws the avatar relative to his/her own age; mine makes you look like a glammo 1940s movie star.Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-91480831213902882722008-08-25T22:28:00.000+10:002008-08-25T22:28:00.000+10:00Hmmm. Louise has emailed to say she got 100% and 9...Hmmm. Louise has emailed to say she got 100% and 97% on those tests. That's setting the bar pretty high, I must say...This old world is a new worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567163294720510335noreply@blogger.com