我认识你吗？ Do I Know You?

Some people are great at remembering faces,

有些人善于记住别人的面孔。

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Once they meet you, they never forget how you look.

一旦他们见过你,他们就再也不会忘记你的长相。

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They might say things like, "I never forget a face."

他们可能会说, “我永远不会忘记一张脸。

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or "I'm really good with faces.

"或者”我擅长认人。

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For some people, remembering a face can be difficult.

而对有些人来说,记住一张脸很困难。

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You may have to meet them several times before they can recognize you.

他们可能要见你好几次才能认出你。

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For others, remembering a face is simply impossible

对另外一些人来说,记住一张脸是不可能的事。

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Such people 【have a condition of the brain】 called"face blindness."

患有脑部疾病

这样的人患有一种叫"脸盲症"的脑部疾病。

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Its actual name is developmental prosopagnosia,or DP for short.

这种疾病的准确名称是发育性面容失认症,简称DP。

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Experts say DP can differ greatly from patient to patient.

专家说DP在不同病人身上的症状表现很不一样。

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In less severe cases,

症状稍轻的情况

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people are unable to describe the face of someone they have just met.

人们无法描述他们刚遇见的人长什么样。

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【In severe cases】,

在严重的情况下

严重的情况,

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people cannot even recognize their own children in a group photograph.

人们甚至无法从一张集体照中认出自己的孩子。

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Many people who have DP show no clear signs

很多患有DP的人并没有明显的患病迹象。

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Take, for example, Dacia Reid.

以达西亚里德为例，

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If you met her, you probably would not know that she suffered brain damage as a child.

如果你见到她,你可能不会发现她小时候受过脑损伤。

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【There would be no sign of 】it until you meet her a second time.

没有……的迹象；痕迹

你不会看出她有任何脸盲症状,直到你第二次遇见她。

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She would not remember how you looked.

她记不住你的长相。

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Face blindness 【was once thought to be】 very rare.

被认为是……

Eg: Giraffes are now thought to be vulnerable speicies.

脸盲症曾经被认为是很罕见的。

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But recent studies have shown that it might be more common than experts had thought.

但是最近的研究表明,脸盲症可能比专家们认为的更普遍。

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The latest study on face blindness

有关脸盲症的最新研究

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comes from the Prosopagnosia Research Centers at Dartmouth College in the United States.

来自美国达特茅斯学院的面容失认症研究中心。

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Bradley Duchaine is a professor of psychological and brain sciences at Dartmouth College.

布兰得利迪谢纳是达特茅斯学院的心理学和脑科学教授。

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Duchaine says that the research showed "neural abnormalities in many 【people with】 DP

患有某种疾病/有某种需要的人

Eg: We should provide assistance to people with disabilities.

迪谢纳说,这项研究说明"在很多患有DP的人中,

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are more widespread than previous studies have suggested."

神经异常比以前的研究所显示得更普遍。

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Duchaine says that studying face blindness

迪谢纳说,研究脸盲症

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may help researchers understand how the brain works.

可以帮助研究人员理解大脑是如何工作的。

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For example, Duchanie says his team wanted to see

例如,迪谢纳说他的团队想知道，

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If the brain recognize people and things in the same way.

大脑识别人和识别物的方式是否相同。

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So, the researchers tested how well people with face blindness

因此,研究人员测试了脸盲症患者

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could recognize common objects, such as cars.

识别普通物体的能力,比如汽车。

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They found that people with DP may not have been able to remember faces,

他们发现DP患者也许记不住人脸,

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but they could recognize objects, scenes and bodies.

但他们能识别物体、场景和身体。

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He says that suggests that faces are processed differently in the brain.

迪谢纳说,这表明大脑处理面容的方式是不一样的。

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Duchaine says this study on face blindness will not directly lead to any treatments.

他还说道,有关脸盲症的研究并不会直接促成任何治疗方法

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However, he said it could lead to 【a deeper understandingof】

对……理解地更深入/好 a deeper/better understanding of

不过,他说脸盲症研究可以让人们更深入地理解

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how we all remember the world around us.

我们是如何记住周围的世界的。

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