Why We Have Difficulty Recognizing Faces In Photo Negatives
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 - 10:25
in Psychology & Sociology
Humans excel at recognizing faces, but how we do this has been an abiding mystery in neuroscience and psychology. In an effort to explain our success in this area, researchers are taking a closer look at how and why we fail. A new study looks at a particularly striking instance of failure: our impaired ability to recognize faces in photographic negatives.