Brain Scientists

To Perceive Faces, Your Brain Relies on a Process Similar to Computer Face Recognition Systems

This shows a man with half his face distortedSome patients with a disorder called hemi-PMO see distortions in the same half of a person’s face, regardless of the angle they view the face. Findings suggest the visual system standardizes all the faces we perceive using the same process, so they can be better compared to faces we have seen before.