People Recognition: A Historical/Anthropological Perspective

Using current neurological and neuropsychological literature, and the analysis of different cultural and historical conditions, people recognition is analyzed. Different “subsystems” or “modules” could be involved in individuals' recognition: living versus non-living, own species versus other s...

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Main Author: A. Ardila
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 1993-01-01
Series:Behavioural Neurology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/BEN-1993-6205
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description Using current neurological and neuropsychological literature, and the analysis of different cultural and historical conditions, people recognition is analyzed. Different “subsystems” or “modules” could be involved in individuals' recognition: living versus non-living, own species versus other species, familiar versus non-familiar, males versus females, and individual identification versus emotional identification. Not only visual, but also auditory and even olfactory information may be involved in people recognition. Visual information involved in people recognition is proposed to include not only the perception of faces, but also the perception of whole body and gait, clothes, emotional expressions, and individual marks.
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spelling doaj-art-2ccc65b4ba194e579ba4aea5f3e45f1a2025-02-03T01:26:43ZengWileyBehavioural Neurology0953-41801875-85841993-01-01629910510.3233/BEN-1993-6205People Recognition: A Historical/Anthropological PerspectiveA. Ardila0Instituto Colombiano de Neuropsicología, Bogotá, Colombia, USAUsing current neurological and neuropsychological literature, and the analysis of different cultural and historical conditions, people recognition is analyzed. Different “subsystems” or “modules” could be involved in individuals' recognition: living versus non-living, own species versus other species, familiar versus non-familiar, males versus females, and individual identification versus emotional identification. Not only visual, but also auditory and even olfactory information may be involved in people recognition. Visual information involved in people recognition is proposed to include not only the perception of faces, but also the perception of whole body and gait, clothes, emotional expressions, and individual marks.http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/BEN-1993-6205
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title People Recognition: A Historical/Anthropological Perspective
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