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by root_axis 1186 days ago
It's not surprising to me that we process faces the same whether we see them in person or on a screen, that's because screens are designed to accurately display the visual qualities of their subjects. That is not even close to the same thing as saying "celebrities are stored in the same place as your friends".
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And boss are not even friends!
"process" includes storing/referencing memories etc.
Recognizing your wife's face and recognizing a cartoon character from your childhood are both done with your brain, therefore your brain doesn't have different categories for family members and cartoon characters?
I'm not sure because I've never read anything about cartoon characters in this context but it probably has to do with whether the person recognizes that the cartoon character is an animated drawing or a person.