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About Face: How the Brain Recognizes and Processes Faces

About Face: How the Brain Recognizes and Processes Faces | Science News | Scoop.it

To most of us, pigeons all look the same, but human faces do not, despite also being similar to each other in appearance. Brain scientists are now developing a thorough understanding of the specialized circuits that distinguish faces. In the process, they have discovered the inability to recognize familiar faces, called prosopagnosia, may be far more common than once thought.

 

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Just another pretty face: New insight into neural basis of prosopagnosia

Just another pretty face: New insight into neural basis of prosopagnosia | Science News | Scoop.it
There is definitely more than meets the eye where faces are concerned.
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