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The Brain
By Gzus666 on 1/20/2009 11:15:34 AM , Rating: 2
I actually saw a good documentary on this subject a few months ago, I'm not sure, but I believe it was called The Brain. It was technically about the brain in general, but this came up. They showed a man who could not recognize faces thanks to a brain injury. He saw the face, but the recognition didn't work. He couldn't even draw faces he had just seen.

He couldn't identify famous faces or anything. It was quite strange as they went into the reasons why and the explanations of how he saw faces. Apparently when he looked at a face, he saw the individual parts, but could not piece them together as a face. The guy couldn't even recognize his own kids and wife. Interesting indeed as it seems the way machines do it is quite similar to the way we do it, looks like we aren't so different after all.

RE: The Brain
By Reclaimer77 on 1/20/09, Rating: -1
RE: The Brain
By Gzus666 on 1/20/2009 11:30:19 AM , Rating: 5
I believe that is known as man syndrome. As a fellow sufferer, I feel your pain/excitement. Other symptoms of man syndrome may include: Staring at ass, zoning out when women talk to you, scratching things in public, being able to drive, having the ability to use a map and being able to watch train wrecks non-stop and still be excited for every one.

RE: The Brain
By Seemonkeyscanfly on 1/20/2009 12:13:42 PM , Rating: 5
Don't forget. Going to a concert with 40,000 plus people and looking into the audience and somehow always noticing the girl taking off her top for a quick flash. Always amazed me how I seem to always catch something like that out of the corner of my eye, even from 40 yards away surrounded by thousands of people in a small area… My brain just seems to set off an alarm saying, “Girl going topless, 35 yard to the north, 17 people to the left of your line of sight…” and bam there she is.

RE: The Brain
By theendofallsongs on 1/20/2009 11:33:24 PM , Rating: 2
i'm too busy staring at tits.
I suggest you buy a milk cow then.

RE: The Brain
By Seemonkeyscanfly on 1/20/2009 12:02:17 PM , Rating: 2
Errr can you draw faces you've just seen? I know I can not. I'm not that good at art.

My question would be, how did he get married? I mean if I get my girlfriends name wrong once it's like world war III. So, if he can not recongnize his wife, he has to get her name wrong all the time, or does she where a name tag??

RE: The Brain
By Gzus666 on 1/20/2009 12:16:53 PM , Rating: 2
If I was better at drawing, I'm sure I could, cause I can visualize faces I just saw.

He got married before the accident. He recognizes voices and stuff, just not the face.

RE: The Brain
By Schrag4 on 1/20/2009 12:18:20 PM , Rating: 2
I don't actually know any of the details, but since it was an injury that caused the condition, he might have been married before the injury. And as far as recognizing his wife, he probably can tell by her voice, smell, etc.

These are about the best faces I can 'draw':
:-) :-( :-| :-D :-]

RE: The Brain
By Solandri on 1/20/2009 3:37:58 PM , Rating: 2

This is normal. Your brain works better at pattern matching than at recall. It's why multiple choice is so much easier, moreso than the limited options would suggest. Instead of having to recall the answer from scratch, the multiple choices let you pattern match against your memory to see which one best fits what you recall as the answer.

This gets people into trouble when you do things like police lineups. Since you're pattern matching instead of recalling, someone who looks similar to the real criminal may trigger your recognition circuits even though he's not the guy.

RE: The Brain
By Seemonkeyscanfly on 1/20/2009 6:44:36 PM , Rating: 2
Thanks, that is cool to know and makes a lot of sense.... but I was referring to my art skills sucking butt at drawing faces. I can draw a mountain and some animals just fine however, my faces look like someone was hit with a baseball bat or something... :)

