: I am a super-recognizer. I am the opposite of someone with prosopagnosia. I can and have recognized people I haven't seen in 40+ years, remembered their names, when I last saw them, and other trivia. It has been clinically verified by three different studies, and I mean my ability to do it, not just the phenomenon itself.
(I am also a super-taster and a ridonkulous memory, especially audial and olfactory memories. All have been clinically studied/verified as well.)
https://educationblog.oup.com/secondary/psychology/the-opposite-of-prosopagnosia
@thedisasterautist It takes me a very long time to "learn" new faces, but once I do, I will often remember them long after they've forgotten I existed.
My memory is "spiky", though. I'll remember details forever that other people forget after 5 minutes, but have no recollection of things everyone else remembers.
: That's why I not only use the hashtag #ActuallyAutistic but also #neurallyatypical, #residentalien, and #theweirdkid.