This is the interactive section in this site about face-blindness or prosopagnosia. If you want to first learn more about face-blindness I suggest you start at the main part of the site.


This section contains various sorts of contributions from other people than me. I do not monitor or verify what others put on this section of the site. However, no offensive material will be allowed. If you see anything that could be viewed as offensive, please inform me at cb@prosopagnosia.com and I will consider removing it.


Unless something else is explicitly stated, you are welcome to return here as many times as you wish to view statistics or take tests. As long as you always use the same login, there is no way the statistics can become corrupt by your returning. That is the reason why many sections here require login and password. The login is only used for knowing that it is the same person returning. There is no way that the login ID can be connected to you as a person unless you chose to tell us who you are.

This is a brief introduction to the pages on this section of the site:

Famous faces test 1, Open in a new window
This is an online test. It tests how good you are at recognizing famous people. You can compare your results with results from people who are face-blind, and results from people who are not face-blind

Facial Expressions 1, Open in a new window
Facial Expressions 2, Open in a new window
These are online tests. They test how good you are at recognizing emotions in facial expressions. You can compare your results with the results from people who are face-blind, and results from people who are not face-blind. In the second test, the emotions are slightly purer, and the time to view them is much shorter.

Shadow Test 1, Open in a new window
This is an online test. It tests how good you are at identifying objects by their shadows. You can compare your results wiht results from people who are face-blind, and results from people who are not face-blind

Wordlist, Open in a new window
This is a list of words and abbreviations related to face-blindness.