Do I Know You? (A Hidden Brain-Revisionist History special on facial recognition)

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  This is Hidden Brain. I'm Shankar Vedantam.

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  If you're like me, you know this feeling.

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  Maybe you're at a party, or you're walking down the street, and suddenly,

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  out of a sea of passing faces, one of them lights up, looking right at you.

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  This person starts waving, says hello.

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  This person is glad to see you.

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  And you?

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  You have no idea who you're looking at.

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  Recognizing faces is a crucial skill.

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  But although your mind is amazing at identifying your boyfriend or your child in a crowd,

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  there are important limits to this ability.

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  Some of us, like me, are extremely bad at it.

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  Some of us are terrific.

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  Today,

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  we bring you a classic Hidden Brain episode about people on opposite ends of the facial recognition spectrum.

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  We'll also explore how our ability to recognize faces has broad implications in our lives.

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  And then, in the second part of today's show,

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  we're going to bring you another look at facial recognition from the Revisionist History podcast.

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  If you're unfamiliar with the show,

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  Revisionist History is best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell's podcast about things overlooked and misunderstood.

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