Sentences with phrase «of face blindness»

Neuroscience sleuths are on the case of face blindness, a strange malady that makes some people unable to distinguish friend from foe.

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I had to face my own blindness in times of the past....

Only in the final scene does she discover that this pitiful, disheveled tramp was her benefactor, when she touches his arm and face once again, as in her blindness, and in that moment of revelation whispers, «You!»

«The only conspiracy he faced was of his own making — his incompetent aides who let him down — his blindness brought him sympathy, not disdain, and his being the black governor was seen, as all the polls showed, as a wonderful thing and not a hindrance,» said a bitter one - time Paterson political ally.

Many patients face delayed diagnosis and treatment, meaning the disease progresses and causes further ill health and risk of complications, for example myocardial infarction, blindness, and stroke, which are difficult and expensive to treat.

If face space is indeed so crucial for recognizing faces, Behrmann and her colleagues speculated that it might play a role in face blindness: Perhaps prosopagnosia is the result of warped face space.

Damage to the fusiform gyrus of the temporal lobe, for example, causes face blindness, and stimulation of this same area causes people to see faces spontaneously.

THURSDAY, Aug. 18, 2016 (HealthDay News)-- Two servings of fish a week may be enough to lower the heightened risk for blindness that those with diabetes face, a new Spanish study suggests.

«Chief among them is vitamin A. Individuals who have been deprived of sufficient vitamin A during gestation tend to have narrow faces and skeletal structure, small palates and crowded teeth.16 Extreme vitamin A deprivation results in blindness, skeletal problems and other birth defects.17 Individuals receiving optimal vitamin A from the time of conception have broad handsome faces, strong straight teeth, and excellent bone structure.

Watching a period piece starring a selection of character actors from Ireland and the United Kingdom, each of them clad in bulky, largely indistinguishable winter garb and sporting various combinations of facial hair and cold - chapped cheeks, is as close as many of us will ever get to experiencing face blindness.

In this love story between Jack and Libby, each must overcome obstacles - the least of which are his face blindness and her weight struggles.

Also, excess wrinkles of skin on the face can rub on the eye, causing lesions and, potentially, blindness.

It so happens that the artist suffers from severe lifelong prosopagnosia, a condition that is also called face blindness, a disability which he discussed in 2012 with Dr. Eric Kandel and Charlie Rose during a series of interviews titled The Creative Brain.

Indeed, but the willful blindness of progressive politicians in the face of readily available skeptical information, does not equate to a monopoly.

There are external indicia of course — one's offspring earnestly advising how fat and bald you are, strangers calling you «sir» straight to your face with nary a hint of sarcasm — but I purposely adopt a stance of willful blindness regarding those.

The withdrawal of IFHP coverage put Daniel's vision at risk and caused him considerable psychological stress as he faced the prospect of no longer being able to support his family due to blindness and his inability to pay for the sight - saving surgery.