{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Face with Masoud Saman","title":"Episode 3: When Faces Look Distorted |The Brain Disorder You’ve Never Heard Of w/ Dr. Brad Duchaine)","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/4fabecd8\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1996,"description":"What would it be like to wake up one morning and see every face around you distorted? Eyes shifted, mouths stretched, features warped. You know the face is normal, but your brain shows you something completely different.\nIn this episode of The Face Podcast, Dr. Masoud Saman speaks with Brad Duchaine, Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Dartmouth College. His research focuses on the cognitive and neural mechanisms that allow humans to perceive and recognize faces, and his work has helped shape the scientific understanding of how the brain processes facial identity.\nThe conversation explores rare and fascinating neurological conditions such as Prosopagnosia and Prosopometamorphopsia, where individuals may recognize a face but perceive it as distorted, warped, or altered.\nTopics discussed include:\n• Why the human brain treats faces differently from every other visual object\n• How people can lose the ability to recognize faces (face blindness)\n• The strange phenomenon where faces appear distorted or melted\n• What these conditions reveal about how the brain constructs identity\n• Why the face is central to human connection, emotion, and society\nIf you believe you may be experiencing prosopometamorphopsia, Dr. Duchaine’s research group is actively studying this condition. Individuals interested in participating in research or learning more can visit:\nhttps://prosopometamorphopsia.faceblind.org/\nAbout the guest\nBrad Duchaine is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Dartmouth College. His lab studies the neural, cognitive, developmental, and genetic bases of face perception, including disorders such as prosopagnosia and prosopometamorphopsia.\nAbout the podcast\nThe Face Podcast explores the human face through science, medicine, psychology, art, and culture. Hosted by facial plastic surgeon Dr. Masoud Saman, the show brings together leading thinkers to understand why faces matter and what they...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/uH2VkCD_0KPUBcIgFBpJuNVnDMmnj-D-hndTXHUDebY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81ZDBi/ZTRlYTEwZDI4NDQ0/NTgyYzJmYzNkMDVh/MGExOS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}