Name needed: like prosopagnosia, except emotionally rather than cognitively blind to faces, and specifically over video chat.
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Could you have that and not be autistic? It’s hard to imagine that as an isolated condition.
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Leaving aside my own experiences here, I notice that my dog has this! If she sees me in person, even from very far away, she gets super pumped. If she sees me in video chat, even if I'm calling her name and right in front of her—nothing.
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Have you tried to hide most of your body except for your face and put a frame in front of you and talk to your dog through that frame? Also from a big screen (like a TV set)? Maybe the reason she doesn't react is great difference in size (that is, if you only have used laptop)
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The frame idea is interesting! I wonder how she'd react if I was just a floating head in real life.
We've only tried laptop and phone, so I'm definitely smaller than in real life. But again, she'll react to me in real life if I'm far enough away to be much smaller.
Yes, but then she will have a sense of distance and adjust her expectations of size accordingly. Well, probably!
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I’m with Phil here! It’s hard to isolate smell from other senses in person regardless. I’d try it with a projector!
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