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Face Recognition Face recognition are processes involved in recognition of faces. Explanations of face recognition include feature analysis versus holistic forms. Remembering and recognising faces is an important skill we apply each day of our lives. It is important to our social interactions, to work and school activities, and in our personal family lives. Although most of the research in this area has been undertaken on 'faces' it is in fact rare in real life that we need to identify someone from their face alone. Information from a person's clothes, voice, mannerisms etc, and the context in which we encounter them all help in the identification process. Sometimes we fail to recognise someone because they are not wearing the clothes we normally see them in or because they are in an unexpected context. Holistic form theory is an alternative to feature analysis approach to face recognition. Although features are...

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