aussiebloke wrote:
I think most of the people posting here are NT 99% of the photos here I haven't the foggiest idea who they are
They may as well be chicks you took photo off at your local bordello as far as I know
Unless I'm more aspie than most of the people here ?
actually, you have a good point. a high percentage of aspies have an impairment in the ability to identify celebrity faces. i don't know if it is related to facial recognition in general
or a general lack of interest in pop culture, but many aspies share your lack of memory of who the celebrities are.
in facial recognition tests of famous people i usually score about halfway between an average aspie and an NT because i have a strong interest in pop culture and i used to read lots of celebrity magazines. on the other hand i am borderline faceblind with non-famous people.
here is one study that looked at the aspie deficits (warning: even the abstract is heavy reading):
http://brain.oxfordjournals.org/content/127/8/1691.full