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Nice model, but unfortunately it's not true. Neocortex doesn't have 'special face diff storage mechanism'. It doesn't work like this.



Really? How do you know this? I thought that our knowledge about how things are stored in the brain was extremely poor.

It seems that we do have some pretty specialised mechanisms in our heads for dealing with human faces, given how good we are at recognising them compared to other things. Even tiny changes in face shape (ie expression) are instantly recognisable and can cause major emotional responses.


I doubt scientists know that much on how brain works.




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