After hearing this report, I'm wondering what my disease is called. After seeing the parents of the kids in my son's class at back-to-school nights for 8 - 9 years, I pretty much knew them all by name. So when I passed them in the hallway as we moved from class to class for the 10th year, I would say "Hi, Ralph" or "Hi, Mary." My wife was enraged and asked me to please refrain, saying it's abnormal to remember peoples faces, much less the names that go with them, unless they are significant people in each others' lives, and that it was an aggressive act, sure to make them feel bad, to recognize them and call out their names. How would Mr. Close, Mr. Sacks and the panel of specialists diagnose this illness? Perhaps "hyperfacionominal recognition"? Am I entitled to some sort of health benefits for this thing?

Thank you so much for doing the piece on face blindness. I struggled with face blindness after undergoing an illness and it was a very difficult experience because many people I met, as well as friends and family, were unwilling to believe that anything like face-blindness existed. I didn't even know that face blindness existed--I just couldn't recognize faces anymore and I didn't know how to explain it to people. It was very embarrassing and awkward. On your program one of the interviewees stated that they were not aware of anyone who had been cured of face blindness, but my face blindness began to improve dramatically about a year after my illness ended, for which I am very grateful. I think the more people who know that face blindness is a real thing, the easier it will be for people who struggle with it. Thank you again for covering it on your show in such a funny and compassionate way.

The face blindness test with the celebrities can be found at www.faceblind.org/facetests/

Love the show! I just did the test and got 30 out of 30. I guess I don't have a problem with facial recognition. I never thought about it before this show and had no idea this afflicted people. Of course, I always knew I was great with faces. Names. I can never remember them. Like, ever. Ho hum.

Thanks for the great shows!

face blindness test:
http://www.faceblind.org/facetests/index.php

I love your show! I have never heard one that wasn't great. I would love it if you would post the pictures of the famous people without hair. It would be fun to see how many I could get right.

I was curious what the song playing between this segment and the previous one in the The Soul Patch episode.

By the way, Absolutely love the show. And work with your father Jad. Very cool to learn the world is a little smaller than I thought.

That was amazing! I recently, for my humanities class, read Oliver Sacks's book, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, and it was excellent! I listened to this and I couldn't stop smiling!