The Rare Disorder That Turns Everyone Else Into Demons

What is Prosopometamorphopsia (PMO)?

• A condition where people see all objects as twisted and stretched.

• A visual disorder that causes facial features to appear distorted.

• A mental illness that makes people believe faces are demonic.

• A disorder that prevents people from recognizing familiar faces.

Why do patients with Prosopometamorphopsia (PMO) sometimes isolate themselves?

• They believe the distorted faces are real and dangerous.

• They are afraid of spreading the disorder to others.

• They fear they are developing a severe mental illness.

• They find it difficult to communicate with others due to speech problems.

What is a common cause of Prosopometamorphopsia (PMO)?

• A severe mental illness.

• Damage to the visual system in the brain.

• An inherited genetic condition.

• Exposure to certain environmental toxins.

What did a patient with corpus callosum damage help scientists understand about how the brain processes faces?

• The brain processes all visual information in the same way, regardless of the object.

• The brain uses the face itself as a frame of reference for processing, even for upside-down faces.

• Damage to the corpus callosum always results in seeing faces as completely normal.

• The left side of the brain is solely responsible for processing the right side of faces.