The Human Brain Is Wired to Be Uniquely Responsive to Faces

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Multiple Choice

The human brain is wired to be uniquely responsive to faces or face-like stimuli. Which of the following examples illustrates this idea?

• A)Baby Brea sees her mother and stops briefly to recall her mother's name.
• B)Dan's dreams often include people he knows well.
• C)Nora notices that her potato chip looks like Abraham Lincoln's face.
• D)Vi can immediately distinguish a primate face from a human face.

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