human expertise

The neural basis of human face identity recognition

The face is the primary source of information for recognizing the identity of people around us, but the neural basis of this astonishing ability remains largely unknown. In this presentation, I will define the fundamental problem of face identity recognition, arguing that there is a specific expertise of the human species at this function. I will then attempt to integrate a large corpus of observations from lesion studies, neuroimaging, human intracerebral recordings and stimulation into a coherent framework to shed light on the neural mechanisms of human face identity recognition.