Comments on: Strangers in the Mirror http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/06/strangers-mirror/ The official Derren Brown Blog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:29:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: rob http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/06/strangers-mirror/#comment-61211 rob Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:27:19 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=12958#comment-61211 That's amazing..........100% of people who read this have exactly the same thing. This really is more common than we think lol That’s amazing……….100% of people who read this have exactly the same thing. This really is more common than we think lol

]]> By: NevadaGirl http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/06/strangers-mirror/#comment-61118 NevadaGirl Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:56:45 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=12958#comment-61118 Really interesting podcast there. I've always had a little trouble with faces. I work in a coffee shop. We have regulars that come in. I always remember their car, and I especially remember the coffee they like to get. But I really do have trouble remembering their faces. Once they say their name, I can whip up their mocha latte just the way I know they want it. I'm sure I would be an awful person to have as an eye witness to a crime. I could see myself outside the line up. "I don't recognize any of these faces. But...I know that whoever robbed the place likes his cappuccino dry and with sugar free caramel." Enough of that. There is another facial recognition test on this site. https://www.testmybrain.org Really interesting podcast there. I’ve always had a little trouble with faces. I work in a coffee shop. We have regulars that come in. I always remember their car, and I especially remember the coffee they like to get. But I really do have trouble remembering their faces. Once they say their name, I can whip up their mocha latte just the way I know they want it.
I’m sure I would be an awful person to have as an eye witness to a crime. I could see myself outside the line up. “I don’t recognize any of these faces. But…I know that whoever robbed the place likes his cappuccino dry and with sugar free caramel.”
Enough of that. There is another facial recognition test on this site. https://www.testmybrain.org

]]> By: Bletherskite http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/06/strangers-mirror/#comment-61113 Bletherskite Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:28:14 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=12958#comment-61113 I don't think I have a problem with faces as such but i'm absolutely dreadful if I meet someone out of their usual context. I don’t think I have a problem with faces as such but i’m absolutely dreadful if I meet someone out of their usual context.

]]> By: roz http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/06/strangers-mirror/#comment-61111 roz Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:12:42 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=12958#comment-61111 holy crapolie! i never knew that oliver sachs has the same disorder i do! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_blindness i also contacted the guy at harvard who's doing a study on this. amazing. i always thought i was brain damaged or something... holy crapolie! i never knew that oliver sachs has the same disorder i do!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_blindness

i also contacted the guy at harvard who’s doing a study on this. amazing. i always thought i was brain damaged or something…

]]> By: shellsbells http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/06/strangers-mirror/#comment-61108 shellsbells Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:54:55 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=12958#comment-61108 I have that !! Wow I always thought it was just me not being observant, but i had a friend at college who gave me a lift to lectures and I only "recognised" her for the first four weeks of the course because she pulled up in the car and leaned out. If she had sat and waited for me to come to her it would have been a long wait!! It takes me a lot of meetings before I recognise people. I have that !! Wow I always thought it was just me not being observant, but i had a friend at college who gave me a lift to lectures and I only “recognised” her for the first four weeks of the course because she pulled up in the car and leaned out. If she had sat and waited for me to come to her it would have been a long wait!! It takes me a lot of meetings before I recognise people.

]]> By: Andy from Workshopshed http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/06/strangers-mirror/#comment-61104 Andy from Workshopshed Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:33:40 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=12958#comment-61104 Penn Gillette suffers from the same issue, I wonder how many people out there have it Penn Gillette suffers from the same issue, I wonder how many people out there have it

]]> By: Rob http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/06/strangers-mirror/#comment-61103 Rob Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:56:04 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=12958#comment-61103 It is known as prosopagnosia. I use it as an excuse when I either a) say hello effusively to strangers or b) fail to recognise close friends. There is a test online for it. I was rubbish, suggesting that I do have a mild form. It was strangely frustrating, like trying to do equations while standing on your head, or trying to move your little toe without moving the other toes. Here is a link to the test: http://www.faceblind.org/facetests/index.php Have fun, peeps. It is known as prosopagnosia.
I use it as an excuse when I either a) say hello effusively to strangers or b) fail to recognise close friends.
There is a test online for it.
I was rubbish, suggesting that I do have a mild form. It was strangely frustrating, like trying to do equations while standing on your head, or trying to move your little toe without moving the other toes.
Here is a link to the test:
http://www.faceblind.org/facetests/index.php
Have fun, peeps.

]]> By: Margarita http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/06/strangers-mirror/#comment-61100 Margarita Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:45:22 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=12958#comment-61100 That explains why Chuck Close is such a brilliant artist - the more objective you are about a face, the better you can paint it, which is why painting self-portraits are usually more difficult. That explains why Chuck Close is such a brilliant artist – the more objective you are about a face, the better you can paint it, which is why painting self-portraits are usually more difficult.

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