The nose knows: Two fixation points needed for face recognition

Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 07:28 in Mathematics & Economics

Many of us are bad at remembering names but we are very quick to point out that at least we never forget a face. Never mind recognising a familiar face- how is it that we recognise faces at all? Facial recognition is so automatic that we do not think about how our brain actually perceives a face. Previous studies have indicated that during face recognition, we look most often at the eyes, nose and mouth...

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