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Try this one.
Very unrelated, but it made me think of this. At the library there are (as near as I can tell, and possibly confusing various job titles) two main children's librarians and a number of random staff, many of whom are teens.
For whatever reason, I am unable to identify which librarian is which until they speak. It's like the whole faceblindness thing, but very selective (and incredibly weird). These two look nothing alike - different heights, weights, hair colors, one wears glasses and the other doesn't! - and they don't act that much alike, and I can tell the difference between them easily, but I can't slot them to their identities until they speak and I can hear their voices. I don't confuse them for anybody else or fail to recognize them entirely (though I place no money on my ability to say hi to them if I were to see them on the bus or something unexpectedly), but for whatever reason they conflate in my mind.
Is that a form of faceblindness, or something altogether different? I don't know. It's amusing, though - it never can be a hassle because any time it comes up I just have to wait for them to open their mouths and I know who I'm dealing with.
(Incidentally, the comments to that YouTube video were really useful for a change. Watch the *whole video* before you read on! Professor Simons, whom they interview after showing us the experiment, changes his shirt - dramatic color change! - midway through the interview.)
Here's another video on the same subject. For the record, Trinity Church is on Wall Street and Broadway, just off the 5 train. Pretty church, very historic, you should stop by if you visit the city, just to watch their preschoolers cavorting in the graveyard.
Very unrelated, but it made me think of this. At the library there are (as near as I can tell, and possibly confusing various job titles) two main children's librarians and a number of random staff, many of whom are teens.
For whatever reason, I am unable to identify which librarian is which until they speak. It's like the whole faceblindness thing, but very selective (and incredibly weird). These two look nothing alike - different heights, weights, hair colors, one wears glasses and the other doesn't! - and they don't act that much alike, and I can tell the difference between them easily, but I can't slot them to their identities until they speak and I can hear their voices. I don't confuse them for anybody else or fail to recognize them entirely (though I place no money on my ability to say hi to them if I were to see them on the bus or something unexpectedly), but for whatever reason they conflate in my mind.
Is that a form of faceblindness, or something altogether different? I don't know. It's amusing, though - it never can be a hassle because any time it comes up I just have to wait for them to open their mouths and I know who I'm dealing with.
(Incidentally, the comments to that YouTube video were really useful for a change. Watch the *whole video* before you read on! Professor Simons, whom they interview after showing us the experiment, changes his shirt - dramatic color change! - midway through the interview.)
Here's another video on the same subject. For the record, Trinity Church is on Wall Street and Broadway, just off the 5 train. Pretty church, very historic, you should stop by if you visit the city, just to watch their preschoolers cavorting in the graveyard.
