All Posts: facial perception

• Researchers Pinpoint Brain Area Where People Who Are Blind Recognize Faces Identified by Sound

  Using a specialized device that translates images into sound, Georgetown University Medical Center neuroscientists and colleagues showed that people who are blind recognized basic faces using the part of the brain known as the fusiform face area, a region that is crucial for the processing of faces in sighted people.

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