PSYC 34600 - Face Recognition

Course Credit: 1
(NEUR)
FACE RECOGNITION Human faces are one of the most complex objects in our visual world. Despite this complexity, humans excel at recognizing faces. Even newborns can identify faces shortly after birth. Faces possess a wealth of information which is crucial for everyday life. In this course, we use empirical papers to investigate the fascinating field of face recognition. We exammine theoretical models of how faces are recognized, learn about the brain areas involved, analyze problems with face recognition in clinical populations and everything situations, and learn how people extract other information than person identity from faces. Prerequisite(s): PSYC-25000 [HSS, Q]