Typical human adults recognize numerous individuals from their faces accurately, rapidly
and automatically, reaching a level of expertise at individual face recognition that is …

Face pareidolia is the misperception of a face in an inanimate object and is a common
feature of the face detection system in humans. Whereas there are many similarities in how …

Primates are known for their exceptional ability to recognize faces. However, we still have
much to learn about how their brains process faces when they are partially hidden. When we …

For primates, expressions of fear are thought to be powerful social signals. In laboratory
settings, faces with fearful expressions have reliably evoked valence effects in inferior …

Highlights•Chimpanzees discriminated seeing from direct line of gaze in a gestural
paradigm.•Seeing and line of gaze were dissociated by a strategically placed …

Social primates must recognise developmental stages of other conspecifics in order to
behave appropriately. Infant faces have peculiar morphological characteristics—relatively …

Although the neuropeptide oxytocin (OT) is thought to regulate prosocial behavior in
mammals, there is considerable debate as to how intranasal OT influences primate …

Reports of primates being able to recognise familiar humans are rare in the literature and
tend to be regarded as anecdotal. The COVID-19 pandemic created two unique conditions …

The abilities to identify individuals within the group, and to interpret their expressions and
intentions are essential for many social animals. Face recognition in human and nonhuman …

In many animal taxa (eg, birds and mammals), infants can be reliably distinguished from
adults by their appearance. For example, they are smaller than adults and clumsier in …