Comments on: Test Yourself for Face Blindness! http://tomchappell.com/blog/2006/07/test-yourself-for-face-blindness.html Yet Another Media Spotlight Sat, 19 May 2012 04:32:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Tom Chappell http://tomchappell.com/blog/2006/07/test-yourself-for-face-blindness.html#comment-1588 Tom Chappell Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:14:09 +0000 http://tomchappell.com/blog/?p=34#comment-1588 Hello, Alex! Well, I don't know if we can call that 'mild' -- you scored in the bottom 17%, in a field infested with my relatives. Consider that the average for FF is 85%. 'Moderate' at least! The thing that continues to amaze me is how very long people can go without realizing that they have a deficit. Heck, I only scored a 30% on Famous Faces. If you search around the blog, you'll find incredible failures in this area (not recognizing my son, or even myself), and I didn't realize that I had a problem until I was...what, 42, at least. Hello, Alex! Well, I don’t know if we can call that ‘mild’ — you scored in the bottom 17%, in a field infested with my relatives.

Consider that the average for FF is 85%.

‘Moderate’ at least!

The thing that continues to amaze me is how very long people can go without realizing that they have a deficit. Heck, I only scored a 30% on Famous Faces. If you search around the blog, you’ll find incredible failures in this area (not recognizing my son, or even myself), and I didn’t realize that I had a problem until I was…what, 42, at least.

]]> By: Alex http://tomchappell.com/blog/2006/07/test-yourself-for-face-blindness.html#comment-1587 Alex Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:54:51 +0000 http://tomchappell.com/blog/?p=34#comment-1587 Hey—I just stumbled on your website from the internet. I think I might have mild face blindness because I fail to recognize people I've met more frequently then most people do. I sometimes put out my hand and say, "Hi, I don't think I've met you" and it's awkward. I got 46% on the famous face test and 80% on the other one. Hey—I just stumbled on your website from the internet. I think I might have mild face blindness because I fail to recognize people I’ve met more frequently then most people do. I sometimes put out my hand and say, “Hi, I don’t think I’ve met you” and it’s awkward.
I got 46% on the famous face test and 80% on the other one.

]]> By: Tom Chappell http://tomchappell.com/blog/2006/07/test-yourself-for-face-blindness.html#comment-35 Tom Chappell Fri, 21 Jul 2006 05:22:00 +0000 http://tomchappell.com/blog/?p=34#comment-35 Darn youth. After chatting with Sean, he took a free pass on one question that I had to disallow, so his score on famous faces is adjusted in the tallies, but he still is right up there at the top of the ranks! Darn youth. After chatting with Sean, he took a free pass on one question that I had to disallow, so his score on famous faces is adjusted in the tallies, but he still is right up there at the top of the ranks!

]]> By: Sean Chappell http://tomchappell.com/blog/2006/07/test-yourself-for-face-blindness.html#comment-34 Sean Chappell Fri, 21 Jul 2006 02:29:41 +0000 http://tomchappell.com/blog/?p=34#comment-34 Hah, new benchmark - Celebrity: 100% Old-New: 96% (19/20; 29/30). Behold, the power of youth. Hah, new benchmark -
Celebrity: 100%
Old-New: 96% (19/20; 29/30).

Behold, the power of youth.

]]> By: Stephen Newell http://tomchappell.com/blog/2006/07/test-yourself-for-face-blindness.html#comment-33 Stephen Newell Thu, 20 Jul 2006 04:00:23 +0000 http://tomchappell.com/blog/?p=34#comment-33 93% on the famous face test. Didn't try the other one. 93% on the famous face test. Didn’t try the other one.

]]> By: Bill Standley http://tomchappell.com/blog/2006/07/test-yourself-for-face-blindness.html#comment-31 Bill Standley Thu, 20 Jul 2006 03:50:13 +0000 http://tomchappell.com/blog/?p=34#comment-31 Celebs: 95% Old-New: 94% (20/20 target, 27/30 nontarget) Very interesting. I had no idea...! Celebs: 95%
Old-New: 94% (20/20 target, 27/30 nontarget)

Very interesting. I had no idea…!

]]> By: Chris Gibson http://tomchappell.com/blog/2006/07/test-yourself-for-face-blindness.html#comment-32 Chris Gibson Thu, 20 Jul 2006 02:17:53 +0000 http://tomchappell.com/blog/?p=34#comment-32 Tom Chappell, you are a strange man. Though it's interesting - I qualify as "normal" at 86%, but often have problems grasping names of someone I've met before when I come across them unexpectedly. Perhaps it's related to my subpar (amongst this group) face score! Celeb Faces: 100% Old-New Faces: 86% - - - - - - - - Out of 20 target faces (ones you learned in the first part of this test), you correctly identified 18. Out of 30 nontarget faces (ones that didn't learn in the first part of this test), you correctly responded that you had not seen 25 of them. Overall, you got 86% correct The average person with normal face recognition scores about 85% on this test. If you scored less than 75% on this test, this may indicate face recognition difficulties. Tom Chappell, you are a strange man. Though it’s interesting - I qualify as “normal” at 86%, but often have problems grasping names of someone I’ve met before when I come across them unexpectedly. Perhaps it’s related to my subpar (amongst this group) face score!

Celeb Faces: 100%
Old-New Faces: 86%

- - - - - - - -
Out of 20 target faces (ones you learned in the first part of this test), you correctly identified 18.
Out of 30 nontarget faces (ones that didn’t learn in the first part of this test), you correctly responded that you had not seen 25 of them.

Overall, you got 86% correct

The average person with normal face recognition scores about 85% on this test. If you scored less than 75% on this test, this may indicate face recognition difficulties.

]]> By: John Blackburn http://tomchappell.com/blog/2006/07/test-yourself-for-face-blindness.html#comment-30 John Blackburn Wed, 19 Jul 2006 22:42:11 +0000 http://tomchappell.com/blog/?p=34#comment-30 Celebrity faces: 100%, 1 minute Old-New faces: 92%, 2 minutes On the Old-New: "Out of 20 target faces (ones you learned in the first part of this test), you correctly identified 16. Out of 30 nontarget faces (ones that didn't learn in the first part of this test), you correctly responded that you had not seen 30 of them." I win! Celebrity faces: 100%, 1 minute
Old-New faces: 92%, 2 minutes

On the Old-New:
“Out of 20 target faces (ones you learned in the first part of this test), you correctly identified 16.
Out of 30 nontarget faces (ones that didn’t learn in the first part of this test), you correctly responded that you had not seen 30 of them.”

I win!

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