I've recently come to realize that I'm consistently terrible at recognizing faces.
Anecdotal of course, but at this point I've noticed and heard / seen it demonstrated by other people enough to give me pause.
When I think about describing someone, it's almost always in terms of what they've said - specific choices of words, tone or body language, certainly never about the face.
If true, I wonder if this would be any sort of advantage / disadvantage?
There is a lot of research on the topic. I haven't seen any research that suggests there might be advantages for having it, but it is an interesting thought.
I'm the opposite, I rarely if ever forget a face and can recognize people who waited on me in a grocery line, walking down the street in a different city years later. I have no idea what it is or what it means, but we seem to be opposite ends of some sort of spectrum.
Anecdotal of course, but at this point I've noticed and heard / seen it demonstrated by other people enough to give me pause.
When I think about describing someone, it's almost always in terms of what they've said - specific choices of words, tone or body language, certainly never about the face.
If true, I wonder if this would be any sort of advantage / disadvantage?