While it may be a long time before we can specify the mechanisms through which a brain
process achieves awareness, it may be possible to determine as a first step whether …

The present paper focuses on the modular attributes of face recognition, defined in terms of
domain specificity. Domain specificity is examined by looking into the innate nature of face …

Event-related potentials were recorded from 1221 sites in the medial, lateral and posterior
aspects of the temporal lobe in 39 patients. Depth electrodes were implanted for about 4 …

This paper presents some of the research activities of the research group in vision as a
grand challenge problem whose solution is estimated to need the power of Tflop/s …

A procedure previously used to investigate imperative communication in non‐human
primates was applied to young children, some of whom had autism. The goal was to …

In February 1988, a young woman suffered irreversible brain damage as a result of near-
asphyxiation by carbon monoxide. She was only thirty-four years old, held a BA degree in …

Discussion Winner-take-all is a special case of softmax. Both problems can be formulated in
terms of energy minimization, and both can be solved by a number of continuous-time and …

What are faces for? Page 1 MARTIN J. TOVEE FACE RECOGNITION What are faces for?
Recent studies suggest that the recognition of face identity and expression, and the …

The role of shape and texture information in sex classi cation Page 1 Max-Planck-Institut für
biologische Kybernetik Spemannstraße 38 • 72076 Tübingen • Germany Arbeitsgruppe …

This paper reviews studies of brain mechanisms which contribute to the perception and
recognition of socially important signals that are manifest in the visual appearance of the …