The fusiform face area is believed to be a category-selective “module” for processing faces. However, there is some evidence that the fusiform face area may just be involved in processing visual expertise. Which side do you agree with and why?
Fusiform Face Area deals with evolutionary face-perception and
therefore I agree with the first side.
A study regarding novel objects called greebles determined this
phenomenon. When first exposed to greebles, a person's FFA was
activated more strongly by faces than by greebles. After
familiarising themselves with individual greebles or becoming a
greeble expert, a person's FFA was activated equally by faces and
greebles. Likewise, children with autism have been shown to develop
object recognition at a similarly impaired pace as face
recognition. Studies of late patients with autism have discovered
that autistic people have lower neuron densities in the FFA.
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