Representing Faces in 3D
Published:
Blauch N, Behrmann M. (2019). Representing Faces in 3D. Nature Human Behavior.
A “News & Views” commentary on a study of 3D human face memory by Zhan and colleagues.
Abstract
How do we recognize the individual faces of our family members, friends and acquaintances across the variation that is common in daily life? Zhan and colleagues demonstrate the importance of three-dimensional structure in the representations of known individuals and argue that texture—the surface properties of faces—plays little role in representation.