Google suggests Oliver Sacks in the August 30 edition, so spot on there. I don't have a subscription but the abstract looks interesting - I'll have a look for it next time I'm at the library.
I'm bad enough at it to believe that some people simply see in a way that I can't
(I'm reminding myself firmly you don't dive, and that while I like mackerel sushi well enough, I wouldn't describe it as a favourite so much as merely the only reasonably appetising option if one is going to eat mackerel at all, so there are some differences between us.) I was always puzzled by accounts of criminals trying to disguise their appearance for fear of being caught by someone who recognised them from a picture: there is a reasonable chance I may fail to recognise someone I've known for years if they're in an unfamiliar context or if they've change their hairstyle, so the thought of recognising a complete stranger from a picture... I'm prepared to accept my tendency to forget names is due to inattention, and that it may well be I'm just not interested enough in random people to whom I'm introduced to bother remembering their names, but facial recognition is just something I'm very bad at, even if I'm making an effort.
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Date: 3 Dec 2010 08:19 am (UTC)I'm bad enough at it to believe that some people simply see in a way that I can't
(I'm reminding myself firmly you don't dive, and that while I like mackerel sushi well enough, I wouldn't describe it as a favourite so much as merely the only reasonably appetising option if one is going to eat mackerel at all, so there are some differences between us.) I was always puzzled by accounts of criminals trying to disguise their appearance for fear of being caught by someone who recognised them from a picture: there is a reasonable chance I may fail to recognise someone I've known for years if they're in an unfamiliar context or if they've change their hairstyle, so the thought of recognising a complete stranger from a picture... I'm prepared to accept my tendency to forget names is due to inattention, and that it may well be I'm just not interested enough in random people to whom I'm introduced to bother remembering their names, but facial recognition is just something I'm very bad at, even if I'm making an effort.