Volti, neuroni e mascherine

Journal title EDUCAZIONE SENTIMENTALE
Author/s Giorgio Vallortigara
Publishing Year 2020 Issue 2020/33
Language Italian Pages 10 P. 102-111 File size 295 KB
DOI 10.3280/EDS2020-033011
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Faces, neurons and face masks. The forced use of the face masks following the Covid-19 pandemic led to a generalized visual experience of partial occlusion of the faces. The event is used here as an excuse to discuss the brain mechanisms that govern the perceptual comple-tion of partially occluded objects, the recognition of faces and their phylogenetic and ontogenetic origins.

Keywords: Amodal completion, face recognition, face neurons, inferotemporal cortex.

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Giorgio Vallortigara, Volti, neuroni e mascherine in "EDUCAZIONE SENTIMENTALE" 33/2020, pp 102-111, DOI: 10.3280/EDS2020-033011