08 Jan '15 17:43>8 edits
It has long been known that there are specialized areas of the human brain for perceiving visual motion in general; -no particular surprise there.
But now it has been discovered that, in addition, there are also even more specialized areas of the human brain for perceiving not visual motion in general but rather more specifically perceiving visual motion of a face in particular:
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-01-facial-motion-dedicated-network-brain.html
This is a bit surprising to me for we still have areas of the brain for perceiving visual motion in general in addition to these specialized areas for face motion which begs the question in my mind what is it about facial motion that requires such complex specialized information processing which the area of the brain for perceiving visual motion in general cannot do or at least not so well?
Or perhaps this is just another example of the messy arbitrary way evolution sometimes works that results in outcomes that clearly wouldn't be how you would hypothetically arrange it if you hypothetically could and did use your intelligence to arrange it i.e. it results in outcomes that are not only in actuality unintelligent (as always ) but that are clearly evident (by reason ) as being unintelligent (as not always ).
But now it has been discovered that, in addition, there are also even more specialized areas of the human brain for perceiving not visual motion in general but rather more specifically perceiving visual motion of a face in particular:
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-01-facial-motion-dedicated-network-brain.html
This is a bit surprising to me for we still have areas of the brain for perceiving visual motion in general in addition to these specialized areas for face motion which begs the question in my mind what is it about facial motion that requires such complex specialized information processing which the area of the brain for perceiving visual motion in general cannot do or at least not so well?
Or perhaps this is just another example of the messy arbitrary way evolution sometimes works that results in outcomes that clearly wouldn't be how you would hypothetically arrange it if you hypothetically could and did use your intelligence to arrange it i.e. it results in outcomes that are not only in actuality unintelligent (as always ) but that are clearly evident (by reason ) as being unintelligent (as not always ).