WHEN I SEE YOUR FACE

Ryan-Mosley explains that the moment we recognize someone, a lot happens all at once. But we aren't aware of any of it. She shares his apartment doesn't have a door buzzer, so Adam always calls when he's two minutes away. He never says he's two minutes away; he says he's alr...

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Published in:Technology review (1998) 2021-09, Vol.124 (5), p.14-15
Main Author: Ryan-Mosley, Tate
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Brain stem
Cerebral cortex
Thalamus
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Summary:Ryan-Mosley explains that the moment we recognize someone, a lot happens all at once. But we aren't aware of any of it. She shares his apartment doesn't have a door buzzer, so Adam always calls when he's two minutes away. He never says he's two minutes away; he says he's already at his door, because he knows she is always trying to finish something before she opens up. Light reflected from Adam's face is absorbed by her retina, which sends signals down the optic nerve toward a relay center called the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN). Here, visual information is passed on to other parts of the brain. The housed in the thalamus, a small region above the brain stem that sends sensory information to the cerebral cortex, the brain's main control center.
ISSN:1099-274X
2158-9186