Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Woman Unable To Recognize Voices, Unless It's Sean Connery

Posted by samzenpus on from the I'll-take-the-penis-mightier-for-$200-trebek dept.

A 60-year-old British woman is suffering from a neurological defect that is sure to put her in the next version of "The Man who Mistook His Wife for a Hat." She is unable to recognize any voice she hears — any voice, that is, but Sean Connery's. Unless she sees the face of the person speaking, she has no idea who is talking to her, even her daughter and co-worker's voices are unrecognizable. Dr. Brad Duchaine at University College London, thinks she might have the first documented case of vocal prosopagnosia, a condition which makes it extremely difficult for people to recognize faces. "His accent is distinctive," Duchaine explained. "And she is a British woman in her sixties ... let's say it's probable he got her attention."

2 of 68 comments (clear)

  1. Miss Moneypenny? by eviloverlordx · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ish that you?

    --
    'Loose' is when your pants are three sizes too big. 'Lose' is when you misuse 'loose'.
  2. Re:Slashdot confused? by MaxwellEdison · · Score: 5, Funny

    You shouldn't be sho quick to critishizhe my choishe of wardrobe. Red rubber pantiesh happen to be exsheedingly shlimming, you inshenshitive clod.

    --
    -=Bang Bang=-