AC

Autistics and cousins (sometimes seen, but seldom, on the face blind lists)

(Bill)

AS

Abbreviation for "Asperger's syndrome".

(Bill)

ASD

Autistic Spectrum Disorder. The acronym ASD is used on many lists that discuss Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorder, Asbergers Syndrome, Tourettes Syndrome, and (sometimes) Attention Deficity Hyperactivity Disorder.

(Julianne Douglass`)

Aspergers syndrome

A condition where a person has a collection of neurological deficits, considered by some to be a less severe case of autism. Quite a few Aspergers are face blind, though not all face blind people have Aspergers.

(Bill)

Autistic Spectrum

an umbrella term used to cover all of the conditions (autism, Asperger, Tourette, etc.) which are considered to be related with each other based upon their underlying criteria and severity with which they seem to affect the people who have have th

(Glenn)

CAPD

Abbreviation for "central auditory processing disorder".

(Bill)

Central auditory processing disorder

a hearing deficit in which sounds are scrambled in the brain. Quite a few face blind people have CAPD, though CAPD is quite common and most people with it are not face blind.

(Bill)

Essences

a term covering demeanor, body language, and emotions, when these things are used as a face blind person's primary way of telling people apart.

(Bill)

FB

face-blind

(Cecilia)

fb-folks

The private mailing-list that is strictly for people with PA. More info can be found here http://www.anything-balloons.com/glenn/lists.html.

(Cecilia)

fb-public

The public message board about PA found at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/faceblind.

(Cecilia)

FFA

Fusiform face area - the part of the brain some researchers believe recognizes faces

(Bill)

fMRI

Abbreviation for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, a technique that shows what part of the brain is being used at a given instant

(Bill)

Gorbachev effect

the situation that face blind people can all recognize someone with a striking physical difference. These are usually ugly differences because people strikingly beautiful tend to look quite average (origin: the statement that "all face blind people can

(Bill)

Gorbachev effect cont'd

recognize Gorbachev")

(Bill)

Key traits

(or just "traits") - charactistics of others that a face blind person concentrates on in building his filing system for telling people apart

(Bill)

NT

NT is actually a term given to this list by another which I used to frequent quite a bit. NT refers to the nomenclature which I first read about on that list, and it is short for NeuroTypical, i.e., any person who has a "normal functioning" brain. Despite

(Glenn)

NT cont'd

how this sounds, it is not considered a durogatory comment. John Smith would be a typical NT.

(Glenn and Cecilia)

PA

prosopagnosia

(Cecilia)

Place blind

common name for "topographic agnosia"

(Bill)

Topographic agnosia

the inability to visualize and process places. This causes one to have difficulty with getting lost. Quite a few face blind people have topographic agnosia, though not all persons with either condition have the other.

(Bill)