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Familiar faces: 'Super recognizers' never forget a visage, an unusual ability that can be put to good use.
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- Author(s): Gaidos, Susan
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Science News. 9/7/2013, Vol. 184 Issue 5, p16-20. 5p.
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The article looks at research on persons with advanced face recognition abilities. Studies of facial recognition in the brain are explored, including functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) localization to fusiform face area, effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation on recognition ability, and facial recognition impairment in autism, stroke, and prosopagnosia. Other topics include facial recognition in police or security work, facial feature perception, and information processing.
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