How Do We Recognize a Face?
basic_science · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.cell.2017.05.012.
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Abstract
How individual faces are encoded by neurons in high-level visual areas has been a subject of active debate. An influential model is that neurons encode specific faces. However, Chang and Tsao conclusively show that, instead, these neurons encode features along specific axes, which explains why they were previously found to respond to apparently different faces.
Medical subject headings
- Face
- Neurons