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Brad Pitt talks about 'facial blindness'; what causes it
2022-06-25 16:23:52 / SHOWBIZ
In a recent interview with GQ, Brad Pitt talked about an unusual condition that limits his interactions during social events, due to his inability to remember faces.
The actor told the publication that in social settings - especially on holidays - he "tries to remember young people" and "get to know their faces", which makes them think he is "distant and restrained, inaccessible" , immersed in itself ".
The actor said that in reality he wants to remember the people he meets and he is "ashamed" that he can not. According to the publication, while he has never been officially diagnosed with it, Pitt thinks he may suffer from 'prosopagnosia', which is the inability to recognize people's faces, otherwise known as 'facial blindness'.
According to the National Health Service (NHS), facial blindness usually affects people from birth and can have a severe impact on their daily lives. Many people who are diagnosed with prosopagnosti are unable to recognize family members, partners or friends.
Dr PN Renjen, senior consultant, neurologist, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, says the concept of facial recognition is usually easy. "Despite the changes in expression or hairstyle, we can easily recognize friends, colleagues, etc. But someone with prosopagnosti can not tell that he has seen a face. "They will know it is a face and not a car or a tree, but they just can't say if they have seen this face before or if it is someone they know," he explains.
The doctor adds that these subjects rely on other factors to identify who the person they are talking to is, such as their hair and voice, but may have difficulty if this data is not there.
According to the doctor, there are generally two types of prosopagnosis:
1. Developmental prosopagnosis, where a person has prosopagnosis without having any kind of brain damage. There may be a genetic predisposition, which means it works in the family.
2. Acquired prosopagnosia, where they develop it after brain damage, often after a stroke, injury or trauma.
"A person can often pass by brothers and sisters and spouses thinking they are strangers, or may not recognize his reflection in the mirror," he concludes.
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