When a person has damage to his or her brain that causes him or her to lose the ability to recognize faces that had been familiar before, the person is said to suffer from:
A)aphasia
B)akinetopsia
C)blindness
D)prosopagnosia

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Prosopagnosia is a condition in which a person is unable to recognize familiar faces, even those of close friends and family members. It is also known as face blindness and is caused by damage to the brain region responsible for face recognition. Aphasias refers to difficulty with language, akinetopsia refers to difficulty perceiving motion, and blindness refers to the inability to see.

When a Person Has Damage to His or Her Brain