tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995489402588479850.post4753390461916578345..comments2024-03-29T11:34:47.794+00:00Comments on a memory less ephemeral: seeing is believing -- orly?Susan Stepneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06533629704705591866noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995489402588479850.post-2586410798183819042011-08-08T15:35:37.070+01:002011-08-08T15:35:37.070+01:00I spotted the flashed-face illusion online recentl...I spotted the flashed-face illusion online recently! Did a 2-month project on cognitive processing of facial recognition the other month and it seems the brain stores most facial information as differences from either recently viewed faces, or some kind of norm. So when a new face appears in peripheral vision, you see the *differences* from the last face you saw there- which get magnified into the grotesque features. -FintanFintan Naglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07868945342192062552noreply@blogger.com