• ObtuseDoorFrame@lemmy.zip
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    Does the facial recognition area of the brain just work better for some people than it does for others? These are clearly photos of three different people.

    Daniel Radcliffe doesn’t look like Elijah Wood. Yes, I am fun at parties.

    • Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world
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      Yes, it does work differently for different people. I usually struggle to tell people apart, but these pictures look different to me, especially the girl in the top right - she’s got different eyes and lips compared to the other two. The other two have different noses.

      Now, if I were in a room with all three of them, I might have trouble telling them apart. But that’s more because I wouldn’t be able to stare at their faces the way I can at their pictures. If they were all in the same film I might struggle too, because they wouldn’t be static pictures, but dynamic video that moves along at a fast pace and I’d probably confuse one character for another.

      Anyway, brains are weird.

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      This looks like the same person at different ages to me. Like give a little leeway for like makeup department, lighting, and camera.