2006-10-21 00:52:44 · 10 answers · asked by monklane79 3 in Health ➔ Mental Health
well, unless your daughter is beyond the age of three, she is still in the developmental stages of her cognition(mental capabilities), we all go through stages of learning how to use our brains and store memories, not to mention the impression of people heavily weighs on the strength of memory, im sure your immediate family doesnt have to worry of this problem as she could more than likely recognize any of you in any group of people if she had to. Children have the best capabilities to store memories, but they still need to learn themselves how to creatively store them for the long term. If this perhaps isnt the issue, then she just may have slight attention deficit, not the disorder so to speak, but just mindful of more pleasing things to her thought.
2006-10-21 01:02:32 · answer #1 · answered by jamaal K 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Your daughter has devised a self-defense or 'coping' mechanism by not being able to visualise other people's faces without actually seeing them.
She has created a sub-concious 'buffer zone' -- a barrier to true intimacy. On some level, remembering personal features of anothers' face for your daughter is a sign of affection or closeness and developing this mental block is a clever way to keep people at an emotional distance.
Has your daughter faced the sudden death or loss of someone in your family? Usually some trauma results in the symptom you describe......
2006-10-21 00:57:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
you dont say how old she is.
if i remember correctly from my psych classes - visualisation is a skill / talent that takes a few years to develop.
some people also cant actually visualise things at all - like imagining a piece of material made into a dress, or the way a painted wall will look......
2006-10-21 00:55:23 · answer #3 · answered by Ruthie Baby 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not enough info here to answer. How old is she? If she's young then obviously her vocabulary is not advanced enough to be able to describe something as advanced as the human form.
Ask her to remember a person then keep it simple. Does he/she wear glasses? Does he have a moustache? Does he/she have a pet? Keep it simple, closed questions will help you evaluate her powers of recollection. Then as she gets older you can start asking more open/probing questions if it's still a concern.
I wouldn't worry though. Doesn't seem symptomatic of any medical condition. Think you may just be making a mountain out of a molehill.
2006-10-21 00:58:50 · answer #4 · answered by Ecko 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
What do you mean by your daughter cannot visualize peoples faces... you might want to rephrase the question so that we can better understand. I mean like does she not recognize you and her siblings or what you really need to elaborate on this question.
We need to know how old that she is.
2006-10-21 02:13:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi >
I seem to be OK with visual regonition, but hopeless, sometimes on the name.
I am informed that it is to do with connecting areas of thought,
Not a huge issue, simply one of hooking up mental pictures to things. I may be right in suggesting photos, with a name attached.
It seems to work.
All the best,
Bob
2006-10-21 01:07:46 · answer #6 · answered by Bob the Boat 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
How old is she? If she's younger than 4 she's too young to remember things for long periods of time.
2006-10-21 00:53:55 · answer #7 · answered by ♥ Karen ♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people have a visual imagination. Some people don't.
2006-10-21 01:00:01 · answer #8 · answered by langdonrjones 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It might be developmental prosopagnosia (face blindness). More details needed.
2006-10-21 04:06:08 · answer #9 · answered by scientist 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would help if you had put how old she is,but if she is only young
i wouldn't worry about it,but if YOU are worried go and see your Dr and talk to him/her about it,good luck
2006-10-21 01:12:22 · answer #10 · answered by amber_xx66 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋