Dr. Joe DeGutis

So it is a little bit of this stealth disorder. I mean, people only kind of learn they have it often when they are subjected to a whole bunch of new people they have to meet.

So it is a little bit of this stealth disorder. I mean, people only kind of learn they have it often when they are subjected to a whole bunch of new people they have to meet.

So it is a little bit of this stealth disorder. I mean, people only kind of learn they have it often when they are subjected to a whole bunch of new people they have to meet.

We've studied how people become aware that they have this, and often it's a little rocky. It's a little bit like, you know, in school they're like, I just don't pay attention, or I don't care as much about people, or maybe I'm a little bit on the spectrum. They have all these attributions they can give.

We've studied how people become aware that they have this, and often it's a little rocky. It's a little bit like, you know, in school they're like, I just don't pay attention, or I don't care as much about people, or maybe I'm a little bit on the spectrum. They have all these attributions they can give.

We've studied how people become aware that they have this, and often it's a little rocky. It's a little bit like, you know, in school they're like, I just don't pay attention, or I don't care as much about people, or maybe I'm a little bit on the spectrum. They have all these attributions they can give.

If you see somebody's face, it quickly triggers the retrieval of all this other information about them, like, you know, who they are, how you know them, all these other details about the person. So it has this kind of privileged role in terms of getting all this other information out.

If you see somebody's face, it quickly triggers the retrieval of all this other information about them, like, you know, who they are, how you know them, all these other details about the person. So it has this kind of privileged role in terms of getting all this other information out.

If you see somebody's face, it quickly triggers the retrieval of all this other information about them, like, you know, who they are, how you know them, all these other details about the person. So it has this kind of privileged role in terms of getting all this other information out.

It's something that is also very special about humans.

It's something that is also very special about humans.

It's something that is also very special about humans.

So when I recognize a chair, I'm like, OK, it has something to sit on, has some legs and boom, it's a chair. You're recognizing things at this functional level, which is like, OK, how do I interact with this thing? You know, usually you can do it part by part. One of the things that we do with FACE is more than any other organization.

So when I recognize a chair, I'm like, OK, it has something to sit on, has some legs and boom, it's a chair. You're recognizing things at this functional level, which is like, OK, how do I interact with this thing? You know, usually you can do it part by part. One of the things that we do with FACE is more than any other organization.

So when I recognize a chair, I'm like, OK, it has something to sit on, has some legs and boom, it's a chair. You're recognizing things at this functional level, which is like, OK, how do I interact with this thing? You know, usually you can do it part by part. One of the things that we do with FACE is more than any other organization.

like visual object is you process it as a gestalt, as a whole, because we have to kind of recognize them and not just like, okay, that's a face, that's a face. We have to be like, okay, that's my friend. Oh, that's not, that's, oh boy, that's the person at work who I need to avoid.

like visual object is you process it as a gestalt, as a whole, because we have to kind of recognize them and not just like, okay, that's a face, that's a face. We have to be like, okay, that's my friend. Oh, that's not, that's, oh boy, that's the person at work who I need to avoid.

like visual object is you process it as a gestalt, as a whole, because we have to kind of recognize them and not just like, okay, that's a face, that's a face. We have to be like, okay, that's my friend. Oh, that's not, that's, oh boy, that's the person at work who I need to avoid.

And so it's like, I think that the individuation demands of faces maybe are why we kind of had this specialized system to process faces.

And so it's like, I think that the individuation demands of faces maybe are why we kind of had this specialized system to process faces.