# Brain learns to recognize familiar faces regardless of where they are in the visual field

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**Created:** [November 20, 2018, 9:31pm UTC](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/brain-learns-to-recognize-familiar-faces-regardless-of-where-they-are-in-the-visual-field/1049 "2018-11-20T21:31:33Z")\
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> **[Brain learns to recognize familiar faces regardless of where they are in the...](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181108130519.htm)**
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> A new study finds that recognition of faces varies by where they appear in the visual field and this variability is reduced by learning familiar faces through social interactions. The findings suggest that repeated social interactions may tune...

  
A new study finds that recognition of faces varies by where they appear in the visual field and this variability is reduced by learning familiar faces through social interactions. The findings suggest that repeated social interactions may tune populations of visual neurons in the face processing network to enable consistent and rapid recognition of familiar faces.