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Occipital Lobe Fun Fact

Damage to the Occipital Lobe can cause "Face Blindness" This is called Prosopagnosia.

Prosopagnosia

Refers to a severe deficit in recognizing familiar people from their face.

  • Some find a deficit in recognizing things such as cars, animals, and objects.

  • ​Many people also report deficits in other aspects of face processing, such as judging age or gender,and recognizing certain emotional expressions

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