Face facts: Even nonhuman animals discriminate human faces

Edward A Wasserman

doi:10.3758/s13420-016-0239-9

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Face facts: Even nonhuman animals discriminate human faces

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Face facts: Even nonhuman animals discriminate human faces

Edward A Wasserman

Learning & behavior, Vol.44(4), pp.307-308

12/2016

DOI: 10.3758/s13420-016-0239-9

PMID: 27421848

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Abstract

Humans are commonly believed to have evolved specially adapted neural systems for processing the rich and complex content of faces. However, nonhuman animals-including fish-have also shown a well-developed capacity for discriminating human faces, raising important questions concerning the uniqueness and mechanisms of human face perception.

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Title: Subtitle: Face facts: Even nonhuman animals discriminate human faces
Creators: Edward A Wasserman - The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA. ed-wasserman@uiowa.edu
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Learning & behavior, Vol.44(4), pp.307-308
Publisher: United States
DOI: 10.3758/s13420-016-0239-9
PMID: 27421848
ISSN: 1543-4494
eISSN: 1543-4508
Language: English
Date published: 12/2016
Academic Unit: Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
Record Identifier: 9984070497602771

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