Past events: Bruno Rossion. How does the human brain recognize faces?

What: How does the human brain recognize faces?

Where: BCBL Auditorium and zoom room # 2 (If you would like to attend to this meeting reserve at info@bcbl.eu)

Who: Professor Bruno Rossion, Centre de Recherche en Automatique de Nancy (CRAN), Université de Lorraine - CNRS; CHRU Nancy - University Hospital of Nancy; Nancy, France

When:  Thursday,  Feb 29th at 12:00 PM noon.

The face is the primary source of information for recognizing the identity of people around us, but the neural basis of this astonishing ability remains largely unknown. In this presentation, I will define the fundamental problem of face (identity) recognition, arguing that there is a specific expertise of our human species at this function. I will then attempt to integrate a large corpus of observations from lesion studies, neuroimaging, human intracerebral recordings and stimulation to propose an original and coherent theoretical framework of the neural basis of human face recognition.