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...doctors finally diagnosed the case as visual agnosia, an extremely rare disorder whose victims cannot recall images to compare with what they currently see. But J.S. suffered from a highly specialized kind-a complete blank for faces, or "pro-sopagnosia." Said Dr. Donald Macrae: "We have nothing exactly like it in world literature...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Lost Faces | 3/14/1955 | See Source »

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