We found that faces aren't special in the way many scientists once thought. Rather, they are particular group of objects which the brain has learned to distinguish very well, much as it would for any other similar objects that are critical to human survival and communication.
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GIORDANO BRUNO We think that this is because we are face 'experts,' having learned over many years to spot fine dif... MAXIMILIAN RIESENHUBER Ceramic objects are some of the oldest human documents we have. Being a potter, I like to make refer... PATRICIA FAY I thank God for schools that are serious about the gospel of Jesus Christ. They are vital to perpetu... JAMES C. DOBSON What we mean when we say that something is "cultural" is that it is roughly similar to what we find ... PASCAL BOYER Objects in a park suggest static repose rather than any ongoing dialectic. Parks are finished landsc... ROBERT SMITHSON In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed, we see most dimly the objects ... RICHARD WHATELY It is easy to romanticize poverty, to see poor people as inherently lacking agency and will. It is e... CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE We hypostatize information into objects. Rearrangement of objects is change in the content of the in... PHILIP K. DICK of the actual objects of physical reality. Physical objects are not in space, but these objects are ... ALBERT EINSTEIN By far the greatest part of those goods which are the objects of desire, are procured by labour; and... DAVID RICARDO In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed; we see the most indistinctly t... RICHARD WHATELY ... each of us describes our existence by means of objects which are indifferent to us, which surviv... ANDREW MOTION We are susceptible to heretical teachings because, in one form or another, they nurture and reflect ... C. FITZSIMONS ALLISON Men love war because it allows them to look serious. Because they imagine it is the only thing that ... JOHN FOWLES Let us suppose, then, that we are dreaming, and that all these particulars--namely, the opening of t... RENE DESCARTES We found that on I.Q. and other aspects of brain function, as well as kidney function, the group tha... DR. SONJA MCKINLAY The law of sympathy is one of the most basic parts of magic. It states that the more similar two obj... PATRICK ROTHFUSS For man to enter history as the rational animal, it was necessary for him to be convinced that the o... WILLIAM BARRETT It has been the way of Rotary to focus thought upon matters in which members are in agreement, rathe... PAUL HARRIS We were motivated by a desire to design a system for anyone to both build with fabric in a way simil... GAURI NANDA We were motivated by a desire to design a system for anyone to both build with fabric in a way simil... GAURI NANDA Objects are what matter. Only they carry the evidence that throughout the centuries something really... LEVI STRAUSS Because of the accumulation of objects, things are never quite the way I want them to be. There has ... B. D. WONG Thinking doesn't seem to help very much. The human brain is too high-powered to have many practical ... KURT VONNEGUT Thinking doesn't seem to help very much. The human brain is too high-powered to have many practical ... KURT VONNEGUT JR. When we black people commit ourselves to living simply as a political action, as a way of breaking t... BELL HOOKS It has always seemed to me that a love of natural objects, and the depth, as well as exuberance and ... FREDERICK WILLIAM FABER The poet, being an imitator like a painter or any other artist, must of necessity imitate one of thr... ARISTOTLE I concluded that I might take as a general rule the principle that all things which we very clearly ... RENE DESCARTES We thought it would be a great way for the kids to get involved. There are very valuable lessons to ... KAREN MURPHY How can it be that mathematics, being after all a product of human thought which is independent of e... ALBERT EINSTEIN Faces hold a special power for us, perhaps more so than art or objects. The beauty bias has a real i... INGRID OLSON Their styles are very similar, ... He's learned a lot, he has a wonderful attitude and has tried to ... STEVE SPURRIER As life goes on, we accrue more and more loseable objects. Providence dictates that objects that are... CRAIG BROWN It may be that these objects are older radio pulsars which are dying and unable to produce normal ra... MAURA MCLAUGHLIN The objects are very beautiful and important in and of themselves, but also because of the story the... DAVID SILVERMAN For some, true happiness is found in objects. For the rest, it is found in the happiness of others. RICHARD BELLZON In general, the objects in the universe that are very high-energy objects, or the processes that are... CLAUDE NICOLLIER The mind of the painter must resemble a mirror, which always takes the colour of the object it refle... LEONARDO DA VINCI She has been known to take the aggressive stance, instilling in everyone that they should only be ac... STEVEN THOMAS Our studies indicate that the trend that is the defining characteristic of human evolution--the grow... BRUCE LAHN We found a way to give players a variety of games. The games are the same, the mathematics are the s... LEE SKELLEY The more cases of Ebola infection we have, the more chances there are for the virus to mutate in a p... DAVID QUAMMEN The atoms of our body, as well, flow in and away from us. We, like waves and like all objects, are a... CARLO ROVELLI How sad, he thought, that desire found new objects but did not abate, that when it came to longing t... ALLEGRA GOODMAN We despise all reverences and all objects of reverence which are outside the pale of our list of sac... MARK TWAIN There are quantities of human faces, but there are many more faces, for each person has several. RAINER MARIA RILKE I don't know any other way I would have rather spent my birthday. These kids are really special. CAROLYN PECK For each part is particularly qualified for ,the accomplishment of certain objects, ,and thus each i... GURU NANAK The constitution of the United States is to receive a reasonable interpretation of its language, and... JOSEPH STORY All of imagination - everything that we think, we feel, we sense - comes through the human brain. An... JAY S. WALKER I earnestly wish to point out in what true dignity and human happiness consists. I wish to persuade ... MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT How can it be that mathematics, being after all a product of
human thought independent of experienc... MAX WILHELM DEHN The self has the characteristic that it is an object to itself, and that characteristic distinguishe... GEORGE HERBERT MEAD If we look at multiple genes, the ethnic variations such as the ones we found are likely to be count... BRUCE LAHN If we look at multiple genes, the ethnic variations such as the ones we found are likely to be count... BRUCE LAHN The way that light hits objects in life, three-dimensional objects before you photograph them, is re... RASHID JOHNSON There are other families of particles out there that can form massive compact objects. CHRISTOPHER REYNOLDS I do believe that banks are special - they are very leveraged institutions by nature; therefore, it&... UDAY KOTAK The crucial differences which distinguish human societies and human beings are not biological. They ... RUTH BENEDICT They were found in tombs, beside children. Due to the custom of keeping objects with the dead, Egypt... CRISTIANE VON Some social scientists say that in-group/out-group biases are hard-wired into the human brain. Even ... ROSABETH MOSS KANTER All objects, all phases of culture are alive. They have voices. They speak of their history and inte... CAMILLE ANNA PAGLIA All objects, all phases of culture are alive. They have voices. They speak of their history and inte... CAMILLE PAGLIA A couple of customers interrupted [...] who wanted to know if we had some YA book about ants and ali... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON If we ever put research into what the subconscious is we could probably come to the conclusion that ... GARY F EVANS... The mission that they'll go on in terms of picking up, delivering critical supplies is very similar ... FRANK HALL In fact, words are well adapted for description and the arousing of emotion, but for many kinds of p... J.B.S. HALDANE The human brain is probably one of the most complex single objects on the face of the earth; I think... BILL VIOLA So, tomorrow, I'm leaving. And I'm not going to let that happen again with anyone else. I'm going to... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Meanwhile, our environment and the skills we need to survive in it are changing faster then we ever ... BRUCE LAHN We thought the troops would like it. Our troops are very special to us. BARB SMITH Once benchmarks of civilization and style, these "gateways" to the cities were palaces of splendor a... ADA HUXTABLE Once benchmarks of civilization and style, these "gateways" to the cities were palaces of splendor a... ADA LOUISE HUXTABLE
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