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Ep63 "Why do brains love faces?"

Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman

CHAPTER

Challenges and Diversity in Face Recognition

This chapter explores the challenges faced by individuals with face blindness in both children and adults, discussing the impact on social interactions and relationships. It delves into the spectrum of face recognition abilities, from super recognizers to individuals with prosopagnosia, shedding light on the varying ways people perceive faces. Additionally, it touches on the evolution of face reconstruction methods in eyewitness identification, the race effect in face recognition, and the similarities between human and technological face recognition capabilities.

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