SCP-096 Prosopagnosia Test

[Veesus]

Name: Schittlips

Rank: Associate Researcher

SCP: 096

List of Personnel involved in testing:

RIG UNIT 033

SEC SGT Rainbow

 

Level D Personnel involved(if any):

D-CLASS 1263

 

Standard SCP-096 handling procedures were followed throughout the test, with no appreciable risk of accidental exposure at any point

 

Background:

Prosopagnosia is a rare cognitive disorder in which a person is unable to properly process faces. The ability to recognize faces is impaired, while normal vision remains intact.

The hypothesis is that SCP-096 will not attack a person with Prosopagnosia, due to them not being able to properly recognize SCP-096's face.

If this hypothesis holds true, it would lead to a new avenue of investigation on what SCP-096 counts as seeing its face, and whether its conditions are purely visual, or also cognitive in nature.

 

Procedure:

One D-Class diagnosed with Prosopagnosia was procured from D-Block under supervision of SEC SGT Rainbow.
SEC SGT Rainbow served as an escort up to LCZ checkpoint, at which point RIG UNIT 033 accompanied me into HCZ, due to SEC SGT Rainbow having to attend to a security related matter.

Once arriving at 096's chamber,  the D-Class was given a standard briefing and told to look down until the door closes behind him once he is in the chamber

The D-Class was then placed into the chamber, and the test began.

 

Observation:   

The D-Class was asked to report the appearance of SCP-096's face, and reported a typical response of a Prosopagnosia patient, describing it as formless and blurry.

SCP-096 then displayed a reaction identical to its normal response to having its face seen.

D-Class 1263 was unfortunately terminated in the incident.

 

Conclusion:

The hypothesis was proven wrong, SCP-096 displayed no change in response with the Prosopagnosia patient. This leads me to believe that SCP-096's conditions for exposure have little to do with facial processing.

I recommend further investigation into the effects of other visual or cognitive impairments on SCP-096's responses.

Edited September 28, 2020 by voobis

[Sulfur]

this is gud

[[GL] Jack I the One & Only]

Nice log with a nice idea, though as documented in Incident 096-1-A (http://www.scpwiki.com/incident-096-1-a), even a split second of sight or an image not even consciously received will enrage SCP-096, so this log follows lore.

Overall a good effort shows, keep up the good work!