http://mindhacks.com/2007/02/15/faces-faces-everywhere/ Neuroscience and psychology news and views. Wed, 22 May 2013 13:23:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://mindhacks.com/2007/02/15/faces-faces-everywhere/#comment-7509 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:17:21 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2007/02/15/faces-faces-everywhere/#comment-7509 Penn & Teller’s show (Bulls**t) did an episode that partially addressed these phenomena. See (http://www.sho.com/site/ptbs/prevepisodes.do?episodeid=s3/signs) for a description. Basically, it covered various religious phenomena that have been reported in the press. (Anybody remember the woman who saw the Virgin Mary’s image in her grilled cheese sandwich?)
I have always wondered whether feral children have these same tendencies. (Feral children are just one example, I mean any other people who have not necessarily been brought up with their wiring heavily geared towards social interaction with other people)
Sure, it’s good for brains to be able to accurately identify faces. But do we do this because of inherent wiring, or because that’s the way the brain wires itself after birth as a result of copious human interaction?

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