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Nature 442, 644 (10 August 2006) | doi:10.1038/nature05000; Published online 26 July 2006

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Neuroscience: Making faces in the brain

James J. DiCarlo1

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Artificially activating the right neurons at the right time causes visual perception of a face. This new result shows that such neurons directly underlie the recognition of complex objects.

You look up from your desk and instantly recognize the person that has just walked into your office. Unlike the mathematical proof you were busy constructing, recognizing your colleague does not seem to require any mental effort at all.

  1. James J. DiCarlo is at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research and the Department of Brainand Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
    Email: dicarlo@mit.edu

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