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prosopagnosia, face recognition, visual deprivation, autistic spectrum disorder
Jane is a 15-year-old girl who cannot find her friends in the school canteen. She does not take her eyes off her mother when on shopping trips, and cannot pick herself out of a class photograph. Jane has prosopagnosia — a fascinating cognitive disorder characterised by a severe deficit in face recognition.
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