Sarah Moore is a freelance science writer. She has an MSc in neuroscience and a BSc in psychology from Goldsmiths College, University of London. Sarah has experience in academic research and has worked in medical communications with top pharmaceutical companies. As a freelancer, she has contributed work to a wide range of publications. Sarah loves to write on all areas of science, from healthcare to nanotechnology but she is especially intrigued by the workings of the human brain.
"Face blindness," or the inability to recognize faces, may be a rare symptom of long COVID, a new case report suggests.
Face blindness, or prosopagnosia, is a condition that an estimated 3% of the population are born with, and roughly 1 in 30,000 acquire as a result of damage to regions in the brain specialized for processing faces, such as the fusiform gyrus. In Annie's case, she apparently acquired face blindness after falling ill with COVID-19. Annie also reported difficulties in navigating familiar spaces, such as her local grocery store.
Researchers at Dartmouth College in the U.S. conducted assessments to better understand Annie's problems with face recognition. These included four face identity memory tests gauging Annie's ability to recognize and remember both celebrity's faces and random, new-to-her faces. Compared with a control group of 10 women similar to Annie in age, she performed significantly worse on all four tests.
It is unclear exactly how COVID-19 might have contributed to Annie's sudden face blindness. Annie's case raises the question as to whether other people with long COVID may be affected with similar symptoms.
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