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Left Image: At first glance this image looks like the actor Brad Pitt, because our brain processes faces holistically. But look at just the eyes in the figure, while ignoring the mouth. Are these the eyes of the actor Matt Damon? The answer is yes. Right Image: The “Ziggerins” created and used in the experiment. One group of research subjects learned to categorize the Ziggerins into groups that share a structure. The categories are shown here by rows.
VANDERBILT (US)—Our tendency to see people and faces as individuals may explain why we are such experts at recognizing them, new research indicates. Continue…
