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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Oh I see, I know you’re curious about the potential condition but in the case of your dog I would check her vision first :-)
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Other dog owners tell me theirs behave the same way! Seems pretty consistent. At first I thought it might be about smell, but she'll react even if I'm quite far away, so I'm skeptical that's it. And she'll react without sound, so it's not hearing… gotta be visual, right?
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How fascinating! What happens if you cover your face in person?
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Not sure! She wasn't at all confused when everyone started wearing COVID face masks (and in the case of my wife, face shields too). Also reacts if I'm under the blankets in bed, face not visible. Up close like that, she probably uses smell. Far away… gait?