Sofie Jackson was well aware that she struggled more than most to identify people by their facial features. However, it wasn’t until she was tested by researchers at the University of York that the journalist was diagnosed with face blindness.
The condition affects 1.5 million people in the UK and is also known as prosopagnosia. Those with the condition often use other methods to identify people, such as remembering their hairstyle, clothing, or the way they walk.
Sofie explained to Hull Live how her inability to recognise people’s faces has mainly led to ‘hilarious misunderstandings’ and how she felt to have her brain scanned in an MRI as a participant of a scientific study on people with the condition...
