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When apologizing for not recognizing someone, whether they are a friend, a relative, or a past acquaintance, we often pull the excuse “sorry, I’m a bit face-blind”. We use this phrase in conversation to describe an insensitivity to facial features, hence an inability to recognize someone with ease just by looking at them. But obviously, an excuse is an excuse. You don’t run up to your English teacher asking who she is. So, if what we call ‘face-blind’ isn’t really the case, t