Face perception is the mind's ability to recognize and register another visage. It plays a significant role in social inter-actions. Through it we distinguish the familiar from the strange and formulate nuanced readings of people's moods and characters. However, controversy surrounds the process of face perception. Psychologists argue that it involves a series of stages: Individuals recognize physical features, make broad inferences regarding gender and age, and finally recall mean-ingful information regarding the face they perceive, such as a name. Cognitive neu-roscientists, on the other hand, posit the idea that face perception works through analogy: The mind has an inherent ability to connect similar objects. While the exact process of face perception is still unclear, evidence suggests that it involves a specific set of skills and that the fusiform gyrus, a part of the brain, is necessary for it to occur.

The author mentions cognitive neuroscientists in order to

A. provide a specific example of a general idea the author mentions in the preceding sentence
B. present one side in the debate surrounding the issue of how minds identify and understand faces
C. trace the development of scientific inquiry into the phenomenon of face perception
D. compare the process of face perception with the process of visual recognition more generally
E. reconcile two contradictory view points




What can be inferred from the use of the word “analogy” to describe face perception?

A. Cognitive neuroscientists believe face perception works via a process of comparison.
B. Psychologists believe face perception works via a process of dissemblance.
C. Cognitive neuroscientists believe face perception works via a process of analysis.
D. Psychologists believe face perception works via a process of resolving discrepancies.
E. Cognitive neuroscientists believe it works via contraposition.