Image Recognition
Recently, researchers observed a severe case of face blindness in a young woman following infection with COVID-19 and a battle with long COVID. The case study, led by researchers at Dartmouth College, indicates that COVID-19 can cause severe and persistent neuropsychological problems, including deficits in facial recognition and navigation abilities. But the new peer-reviewed case study is the first report of prosopagnosia in a patient following infection with COVID-19, the study authors wrote. In the case study, she scored poorly on all four facial recognition tests used to diagnose prosopagnosia but normally on other cognitive ability tests. Face blindness is a condition defined as “trouble with recognizing facial identity in the absence of low-level vision problems or higher-level cognitive problems,” Duchaine previously told TODAY.com.