prosopagnosiaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• prosopoagnosia (uncommon)

語源

Borrowed from German Prosopagnosie (see there for more). By surface analysis, prosop- +‎ agnosia.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˌpɹɒsəpaɡˈnəʊʒə/, /ˌpɹɒsəpaɡˈnəʊzɪə/, /ˌpɹɒsəpaɡˈnəʊsɪə/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˌpɹɑsoʊpæɡˈnoʊʒə/

名詞

prosopagnosia (countable and uncountable, plural prosopagnosias)

1. (neurology, pathology, psychology) A form of visual agnosia characterized by difficulty with face recognition despite intact low-level visual processing.

   Synonyms: face blindness, PA

   Coordinate terms: phonagnosia, prosopometamorphopsia

   • 1984, Robert Axelrod, The Evolution of Cooperation, page 102:

     A normal person can name someone from facial features alone, even if the features have changed substantially over the years. People with prosopagnosia are not able to make this association, but have few other neurological symptoms other than a loss of some part of the visual field.

派生語

参考

• prosopagnosia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• super recogniser