A clever tropical fish has flipped how biologists are thinking about memory, brains and visual recognition in the animal ...

Forgetting a face does feel like a small social failure. Meeting someone again and realizing their name escapes you is one thing, but not recognizing their face at all feels worse, as if you’ve erased ...

Scientists have uncovered a brain circuit in primates that rapidly detects faces. The findings help not only explain how primates sense and recognize faces, but could also have implications for ...

From birth, babies are wired to recognize the faces they see most, starting with yours. By just a few weeks old, they may already be locking eyes with you, and by 3 months, they’re likely preferring ...

The neurological disorder can be genetic or acquired after a brain injury or stroke, and can wreak havoc on people’s lives. For people with prosopagnosia, or face blindness, remembering familiar faces ...