Publisher's Synopsis
The study of facial recognition is one of the most interesting and potentially important areas being researched by psychologists today. Why can some people remember faces but not names and vice-versa? What part of the brain is responsible for the recognition of faces? Why can people with brain damage remember the faces of famous people but not their immediate family? This book examines these, and other questions to find out why certain faces are attractive to certain individuals. A chapter on the child's growing awareness of faces and a discussion of whether special purpose mechanisms might be responsible for processing faces is also included.
