Can your brain turn familiar faces into cartoons or monsters? Prosopometamorphopsia- a rare syndrome can make faces appear to “melt,” stretch, or turn cartoonish- even while you know exactly who you’re looking at! #brainfacts #facedistortion #raredisorders #medindia’Prosopometamorphopsia- a rare syndrome can make faces appear to “melt,” stretch, or turn cartoonish- even while you know exactly who you’re looking at! #brainfacts #facedistortion #raredisorders #medindia’Symptoms of Prosopometamorphopsia: How Does it Affect Vision? Causes of ProsopometamorphopsiaBrain injuries or strokesEpilepsy or migrainesNeurodegenerative diseasesLesions in visual processing pathways, especially in the fusiform gyrus and the ventral occipitotemporal cortex, which are specialized for facial recognitionHow Is Prosopometamorphopsia Detected?