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Study looks at how wearing masks can change the way we recognize faces Face blindness is a medical condition Frank McGeorge, MD, Local 4's Good Health Medical Expert Tags:  DETROIT – Have you ever run across someone that looked familiar and the only thing stopping you from saying hello was that you couldn’t quite place their face? If that’s the case -- then you’re probably finding it even harder now that everyone is wearing a mask. A new study looks into how masks change the way we recognize faces. Human brains aren’t wired to recognize individual facial features as much as the ent...

Gifts from god. i had really thick glasses. i had acne. i was skinny. i had the funny last name. i think that in a funny way, sometimes you learn to compensate for these things. certainly face-blindness, i just learned that if someone came to me and if looked like they knew me and smiled, i'd smile right back. and i'd sometimes get accused of being a little over friendly, right? but it's better to be over friendly in life, right, than to be someone who is maybe a little doubtful or looking a little doubtful when you immediameet s new. the people who did know me, and usually they give themselve...

I know that, you know, it was god that was with us and we were protected. when i walk out of that place where we were, it was boarded by two sets of double doors. and one ceiling tile was it that was damaged. and then you know, we walk out and i see the rest of the hospital. i'm just -- i'm amazed. i can't even feel just how blessed we are that we walked out. >> and to find out what you can do to help victims of the oklahoma tornado, log on to cnn.com/impact. this week you may have seen this, actor brad pitt told "esquire" magazine that he's so terrible at remembering faces that he wants to ...

>> we know that as well. jake, thanks so much, and good luck to you as you head on to northwest oklahoma state, and janet, thanks for your time as well and all the best as you try to rebuild there in moore, oklahoma. thanks for your time. the city of moore is getting help from people who know their pain all too well. people from joplin, mississippi, are reaching out. they say they're simply returning a two-year-old favor. first, this week, a surprising revelation from brad pitt. the actor says he thinks he may have face blindness, and he plans to get tested for the disorder. pitt says even h...

This day. it's a very sad thing for america frankly. >> i appreciate both of your time and the boy scouts announcement coming out saying "while people have different opinions about this policy, we can all agree that kids are better off when they are in scouting." this debate will certainly continue. appreciate you both coming on with both of your perspectives and having this conversation for us today. thank you. >> thanks, poppy. if you have an opinion, we want to hear what you think. please tweet me @poppyharlowcnn. something else coming up, you may not know about a disorder called face-b...