Lumosity<\/a>, that has cognitive training games and lets you keep track of your progress. there was this one match game, basically Memory, where you have cards in a grid, and you flip two cards, trying to find the two that match. Except rather than two identical matching cards, you have to match a name with the face. I was pretty good overall, but I saw a lot of discrepancies in how I recognize people by name. I recognize young guys who are smiling the easiest, followed by men who aren’t smiling, and far in the distance…women. If two women had blond hair or similar “styles,” i couldn’t tell which name belong to whom for the life of me. <\/p>\nit shows my priorities. I love me some men with nice smiles, don’t give a shit about women.<\/p>\n
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