Reading Faces: From Features to Recognition

Publication date: Available online 19 September 2017
Source:Trends in Cognitive Sciences
Author(s): J. Swaroop Guntupalli, M. Ida Gobbini
Chang and Tsao recently reported that the monkey face patch system encodes facial identity in a space of facial features as opposed to exemplars. Here, we discuss how such coding might contribute to face recognition, emphasizing the critical role of learning and interactions with other brain areas for optimizing the recognition of familiar faces.



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