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Face-recognition

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"It appears that in the process of [blank] specialized face-recognition abilities to quickly and accurately [blank] important information, there has been a trade-off where face-like images in [blank] orientations become especially difficult to process," he says. "The [blank] for this trade-off is unclear, but it probably [blank] to the fact that you rarely see inverted faces", says Sheehan.

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"It appears that in the process of evolving specialized face-recognition abilities to quickly and accurately extract important information, there has been a trade-off where face-like images in unexpected orientations become especially difficult to process," he says. "The reason for this trade-off is unclear, but it probably relates to the fact that you rarely see inverted faces", says Sheehan.
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