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Face Recognition Needs 3 Areas Of Human Brain

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the two-more-than-quake dept.

sushant_bhatia_progr writes "Nature has an article on the recent discovery that face recognition in humans targets 3 areas of the human brain. Using mugshots of celebrities, Pia Rotshtein at University College London and her colleagues have shown that there are at least three separate areas for processing and recognising faces. One processes the physical features of the face, one decides whether or not the face is known, and a third retrieves information about that person, such as their name. Rothstein's team used a computer to create a series of images in which the countenance of film star Marilyn Monroe gradually morphed into that of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, or that of James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan transformed into current prime minister Tony Blair."

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  1. targets 3 areas of the human brain by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    No wonder looking at your face hurts so much.

  2. Oooh... Ouch... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hit a sensitive nerve there did we?

    Red State?

    1. Re:Oooh... Ouch... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Oh FFS!

      I mean - is that the BEST YOU CAN DO?

  3. I just farted. by RichKyanka · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    God it stinks,

  4. Re:So how about... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    How about you transform yourself off the fucking planet with a shotgun to your chin?

    Calm down, dubya. It's not his fault you're a moron.