How Does the Brain Recognize a Face?


	How Does the Brain Recognize a Face?

wildcat

11-14-2007 4:13 AM

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brain, neurology, discrimination, observation, mind, face recognition

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11-14-2007 8:37 PM

syncopath

wow, there might be more places i won`t dare 2 show my face..

or vice versa ..

11-16-2007 11:46 PM

Laustere

We were learning about this in Psych not a week ago, no lie.

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