Have You Seen That Face Before?

This episode is sponsored by Endel, an app that creates personalized soundscapes to help you focus, relax and sleep.The first 100 people to sign up here get a one week free trial: https://app.adjust.com/b8wxub6?campaign=scishowpsych_october&adgroup=youtube You’re probably familiar with that flash of recognition that happens when you see a person and suddenly realize it is someone you know, but neuroscientists have been trying to understand exactly how our brains do this for years. Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support SciShow Psych by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SciShowPsych SciShow is on TikTok! Check us out at https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow ---------- Become a Patron and have your name featured in the description of every SciShow Psych episode! https://www.patreon.com/SciShowPsych ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: http://www.scishowtangents.org Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2021/06/30/science.abi6671 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-07/ru-sda063021.php https://www.rockefeller.edu/news/20303-brain-recognizes-familiar-faces/ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/11086433_Genealogy_of_the_Grandmother_Cell https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15973409/ https://www2.le.ac.uk/centres/csn/publications-1/Publications/scientificamerican0213-30.pdf Images: https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/two-best-friends-meet-together-outdoors-at-beautiful-summer-day-in-golden-sunset-hour-unexpected-meeting-of-skateboarder-girls-sport-skateboarding-lifestyle-concept-of-happiness-and-friendship-bd9do7j58k9u7q2yp https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/smiling-young-african-american-man-standing-on-porch-waving-to-neighbors-wide-shot-of-positive-happy-relaxed-guy-resting-at-backyard-on-weekend-lifestyle-and-leisure-hzs66vpddkopxepzc https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/beautiful-young-girl-in-a-mask-sitting-in-a-car-authentication-by-facial-recognition-gm1263014951-369627326 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/3d-illustration-of-the-activity-of-neurons-and-synapses-neural-connections-in-outer-gm1310467731-399865073 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Poles_of_cerebral_hemispheres_(en)_-_inferiror_view.png https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/female-macaque-monkey-gm1142957145-306760280 https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/view-of-two-friends-moving-with-arms-at-each-other-shoulders-hr_k3eokokkb7cwr3 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/global-communication-network-concept-various-ethnic-group-people-gm1154261668-313811339


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