Face recognition ability inherited separately from IQ
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 23:21
in Psychology & Sociology
Recognizing faces is an important social skill, but not all of us are equally good at it. Some people are unable to recognize even their closest friends (a condition called prosopagnosia), while others have a near-photographic memory for large numbers of faces. Now a twin study shows that face recognition is heritable, and that it is inherited separately from general intelligence or IQ.