Does Someone Else Have Your Face? Doppelgängers Explained!

To learn more about Brilliant, check out https://brilliant.org/BeSmart/ SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss a video! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓Uploaded 14-12-18They say everyone has a doppelgänger, but is that really true? This week we meet a young woman who found her own look-alike, and figure out how we actually recognize faces.TEST YOUR FACE MEMORY!Cambridge Memory Testhttp://bit.ly/2Gh0UXo Thorn Child Finder Challengehttp://bit.ly/2QQxmnp Acknowledgements:Dr. Teghan Lucas, University of New South WalesDr. Martin Eimer, Cambridge UniversityDr. Michael Sheehan, Cornell UniversityAmanda Green (her real Instagram is @4mandagreen)Ruben van der Dussen/ThornCheng et al. (2017). The Code for Facial Identity in the Primate Brain. Cell 169, 6 (1013-1028. http://dx.doi.org./10.1016/j.cell.2017.05.011Huckenbeck (2013). Identification of the Living. University Clinic Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany. Elsevier Ltd.Johnson et al. (1991) Newborns’ preferential tracking of face-like stimuli and its subsequent decline. Cognition. 40(1-2):1-19.Lucas et al. (2016). Comparing the face to the body, which is better for identification? International Journal of Legal Medicine. 130(2):533-40 DOI 10.1007/s00414-015-1158-6Lucas et al. (2015). Are human faces unique? A metric approach to finding single individuals without duplicates in large samples. Forensic Science International 257 514.e1–514.e6Parr (2011) The evolution of face processing in primates. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. 366, 1571. DOI https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2010.0358Robertson et al. (2016). Unfamiliar face recognition : Security, surveillance and smartphones. The Journal of the Homeland Defense and Security Information Analysis Center. (14-21).Thomas (2013). Forensic Anthropology of the Living. Human Skeleton In Forensic Medicine (408-435).-----------FOLLOW US:Twitter: @DrJoeHanson @okaytobesmart Instagram: @DrJoeHansonMerch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/its-okay-to-be-smartFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmart SEND US STUFF:It’s Okay To Be SmartPO Box 303356Austin, TX 78703 USABOOKS WE’VE FEATURED:http://smart-books.tumblr.com/ -----------It’s Okay To Be Smart is hosted by Joe Hanson, Ph.D.Director: Joe NicolosiWriter: Sarah Keartes Creative Director: David SchulteEditor/animator: Derek Borsheim and Sara RomaProducers: Stephanie Noone and Amanda Fox Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices