脸盲症 face blindness
<p> 身边有这么一些人，看见熟人都会张口喊一句“那谁！”然后盯着人家半天叫不出名字。这世界上还有那么一些人，他们无法辨认别人的容貌，就算是每天相见的熟人，他们也认不出来。如果说前者是一时语塞，后者却是实实在在的一种病症。</p><p> </p><p> <span word="Face">Face</span> <span word="blindness">blindness</span> <span word="refers">refers</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="difficulty">difficulty</span> <span word="recognizing">recognizing</span> <span word="faces">faces</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="telling">telling</span> <span word="faces">faces</span> <span word="apart">apart</span>.</p><p> 脸盲症（<span word="face">face</span> <span word="blindness">blindness</span>）指难以辨认或分别人的容貌的状况。</p><p> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="findings">findings</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="researchers">researchers</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Harvard">Harvard</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="elsewhere">elsewhere</span> <span word="suggest">suggest</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="surprising">surprising</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="face">face</span>-<span word="blind">blind</span>, <span word="so">so</span> <span word="bad">bad</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="recognizing">recognizing</span> <span word="faces">faces</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="routinely">routinely</span> <span word="snub">snub</span> <span word="acquaintances">acquaintances</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="trouble">trouble</span> <span word="following">following</span> <span word="movie">movie</span> <span word="plots">plots</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="extreme">extreme</span> <span word="cases">cases</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="greet">greet</span> <span word="siblings">siblings</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="strangers">strangers</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="struggle">struggle</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="discern">discern</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="child">child</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="theirs">theirs</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="school">school</span> <span word="pick">pick</span>-<span word="up">up</span> <span word="time">time</span>.</p><p> 来自哈佛及其他地方的研究人员发现，有相当一部分人都患有脸盲症，而且这个数目是惊人的。这些人完全无法辨识脸部容貌，以至于经常对熟人视而不见，看电影时也跟不上情节。在一些极端案例中，他们会把自己的兄弟姐妹误当成陌生人，到学校接孩子时经常无法判断哪个孩子才是自己家的。</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="syndrome">syndrome</span>, <span word="known">known</span> <span word="medically">medically</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="prosopagnosia">prosopagnosia</span>, <span word="was">was</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="thought">thought</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="rare">rare</span> <span word="neurological">neurological</span> <span word="curiosity">curiosity</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="resulted">resulted</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="brain">brain</span> <span word="damage">damage</span>.</p><p> 这种综合征的医学学名为<span word="prosopagnosia">prosopagnosia</span>，长期以来一直被看作是罕见的神经科奇症，且由脑损伤引起。</p>
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