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NOVA•Season 20•Episode 20

Stranger in the Mirror

Dec 28, 199355 min
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NOVA explores the nature of human perception through the puzzling condition called visual agnosia, the inability to recognize faces and familiar objects, made famous in Oliver Sacks' book, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat.

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Episode Summary

"Stranger in the Mirror" is episode 20 of NOVA season 20. It aired on December 28, 1993.

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