| From: | tim |
| Date: | 9 Aug 2000 at 12:03:46 |
| Subject: | Re: dyslexic Andrew Guard |
Hi John
> Interesting posting, Andrew. I've never had a problem with letters
> and numbers, but I do have a problem with shapes - specially human
> faces, which I heard recently on TV are recognized by a specialized
> section of the brain. Yet I could read fluently when I was 4.
> Different part of the brain. I have great difficulty recognizing
> different characters in a movie or a TV drama. I even have trouble
> recognizing my own relations if I see them in a place where I don't
> expect them.
I have the same problem with people (although I have got better with
practice - and age). If a film character changes clothes, it often takes
me quite a while to realise it's someone I've seen earlier. I can remember
names OK, but I simply can't attach them to the faces...
Tim
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