We show face patches implement the following code through recurrent dynamics: Detect face If (face found) Discriminate face else Continue to detect face IMHO, our paper conclusively resolves a debate that has raged since I was a graduate student, about whether face patches are specialized for processing faces or not. It turns out domain-general folks were right early on, domain-specific folks were right later in the response. So proud of @Yuelin_Shi and the entire team! Yuelin Shi (@Yuelin_Shi) Our paper is now out! nature.com/articles/s41586-0… A big question: 1) Is IT cortex well described as a general-purpose feedforward DNN? OR 2) Are face patches genuinely specialized for processing faces? Read on to find out the answer. (1/N) — https://nitter.net/Yuelin_Shi/status/2039100718100185426#m

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