prosopagnosia
See also: prosopagnòsia
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Prosopagnosie (see there for more). By surface analysis, prosop- + agnosia.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌpɹɒsəpaɡˈnəʊʒə/, /ˌpɹɒsəpaɡˈnəʊzɪə/, /ˌpɹɒsəpaɡˈnəʊsɪə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌpɹɑsoʊpæɡˈnoʊʒə/
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Noun edit
prosopagnosia (countable and uncountable, plural prosopagnosias)
- (neurology, pathology, psychology) A form of visual agnosia characterized by difficulty with face recognition despite intact low-level visual processing.
- 1984, Robert Axelrod, The Evolution of Cooperation, page 102:
- A normal person can name someone from facial features alone, even if the features have changed substantially over the years. People with prosopagnosia are not able to make this association, but have few other neurological symptoms other than a loss of some part of the visual field.
Synonyms edit
Coordinate terms edit
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
- acquired prosopagnosia
- congenital prosopagnosia
- developmental prosopagnosia
- hereditary prosopagnosia (HPA)
- prosopagnosic
Translations edit
disorder of face perception
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See also edit
- prosopagnosia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- super recogniser
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Internationalism (see German Prosopagnosie).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈprosopɑɡnosiɑ/, [ˈpro̞s̠o̞ˌpɑ̝ɡno̞ˌs̠iɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -iɑ
- Syllabification(key): pro‧so‧pag‧no‧si‧a
Noun edit
prosopagnosia
- (pathology, psychology) face blindness, prosopagnosia (disorder in face recognition)
Declension edit
Inflection of prosopagnosia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | prosopagnosia | prosopagnosiat | ||
genitive | prosopagnosian | prosopagnosioiden prosopagnosioitten | ||
partitive | prosopagnosiaa | prosopagnosioita | ||
illative | prosopagnosiaan | prosopagnosioihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | prosopagnosia | prosopagnosiat | ||
accusative | nom. | prosopagnosia | prosopagnosiat | |
gen. | prosopagnosian | |||
genitive | prosopagnosian | prosopagnosioiden prosopagnosioitten prosopagnosiainrare | ||
partitive | prosopagnosiaa | prosopagnosioita | ||
inessive | prosopagnosiassa | prosopagnosioissa | ||
elative | prosopagnosiasta | prosopagnosioista | ||
illative | prosopagnosiaan | prosopagnosioihin | ||
adessive | prosopagnosialla | prosopagnosioilla | ||
ablative | prosopagnosialta | prosopagnosioilta | ||
allative | prosopagnosialle | prosopagnosioille | ||
essive | prosopagnosiana | prosopagnosioina | ||
translative | prosopagnosiaksi | prosopagnosioiksi | ||
abessive | prosopagnosiatta | prosopagnosioitta | ||
instructive | — | prosopagnosioin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |