The neuroscience of face processing and identification in eyewitnesses and offenders

Humans are experts in face perception. We are better able to distinguish between the differences of faces and their components than between any other kind of objects. Several studies investigating the underlying neural networks provided evidence for deviated face processing in criminal individuals,...

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Main Authors: Nicole-Simone eWerner, Sina eKühnel, Hans J. Markowitsch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00189/full