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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(I’ve never had a pet) Do dogs read emotion in face without body language or sound? Or they have to be specially trained?
Maybe test with emotional assistant dogs to see if they recognize faces over video.
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Yes, actually, a very fun dog activity is to keep completely still and change your facial expression and watch their ears/lips. Sort of like making faces at a baby, really. You'll see all kinds of "concerned" or "surprised" or "curious" reactions, even if you change nothing else.
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This reminds me; my goddaughter finally learned that the auntie in the phone is the same as the auntie in person when I showed her by calling and getting her to recognize herself too the video once time I was visiting.
Have you tried teaching her?
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