[nabs-l] Feeling faces: a myth or true?

Wed Sep 10 22:31:37 UTC 2014

I've been asked, by a teacher, how I felt about discrimination in 
general.  Well, it was a thing in passing.  She asked if she 
could have students talk to me for extra credit, (to make it more 
interesting), about discrimination.
Now, I think about it at times, and it doesn't bother me.

 ----- Original Message -----
From: "Wasif, Zunaira via nabs-l" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To: Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com>, "National 
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Date sent: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 15:06:36 +0000
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Feeling faces: a myth or true?

I agree.  The brain is literally bombarded with visual stimuli in 
the form of faces.  I believe that this vast amount of data leads 
to detailed discrimination among faces.  As blind people, we are 
not bombarded with nearly the same amount of tactile information 
in regards to faces; therefore, most of us to not have the 
necessary data to develop detailed   tactile discrimination in 
this area.

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From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
Arielle Silverman via nabs-l
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2014 3:40 PM
To: Alana Leonhardy; National Association of Blind Students 
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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Feeling faces: a myth or true?

Absolute myth.  Human brains are programmed to recognize faces 
visually.  The details that people recognize visually cannot be 
easily perceived by touch.  To me all faces feel the same, except 
maybe whether or not the person has facial hair.  It's ridiculous 
to think that blind people should feel faces to recognize people 
or gain information about what they look like visually.
I do have mental images of what my close family and friends look 
like, but that has more to do with body shape, height and weight 
info that I get from hugging them not feeling their faces.  Even 
those mental images are pretty vague.  The best way I can tell 
people apart is by their voice.
Arielle

On 9/8/14, Alana Leonhardy via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
 There's something very personal about putting your hands on 
someone
 else's face.  I have never had the desire to do so, and haven't 
met a
 blind person who has.  I have, however, encountered sighted 
strangers
 who thought I was odd for not warning to touch them.

 Sent from my iPhone

 On Sep 8, 2014, at 11:48, justin williams via nabs-l
 <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
 wrote:

 I don't do his often except with a woman; not even with my 
parents.
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 From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
Karl
 Martin Adam via nabs-l
 Sent: Monday, September 08, 2014 12:46 PM
 To: Marissa Tejeda; National Association of Blind Students 
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 Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Feeling faces: a myth or true?

 I haven't done this either--except with people I'm dating and 
like my
 parents.  It does seem to be a common stereotype and something 
that
 happens in a lot of literature and movies.
 Perhaps some people who went blind later in life and think 
knowing
 what people's faces are like is important do this?

 ----- Original Message -----
 From: Marissa Tejeda via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
 To: Nabsl <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
 Date sent: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 05:25:08 -0700
 Subject: [nabs-l] Feeling faces: a myth or true?

 Hi guys,

 So, for a long time I've been want to know this, but never got 
around
 to asking.  I, personally, don't feel faces to know what people 
look like.
 Do
 people really feel faces? How can it give someone a picture if 
they
 feel the face? Is this just a movie and a myth, or reality and 
true?

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