{"id":475,"date":"2025-05-29T20:27:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T03:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/hklab\/?p=475"},"modified":"2025-05-30T09:31:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T16:31:35","slug":"social-origins-of-cortical-face-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/hklab\/2025\/05\/29\/social-origins-of-cortical-face-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Origins of Cortical Face Areas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/hklab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/478\/2025\/05\/\u200ewebsite_publications.\u200e009-768x432.png\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/hklab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/478\/2025\/05\/\u200ewebsite_publications.\u200e009-768x432.png 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"image-caption\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  Face Preferring Regions across Human Development.\n\n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n  <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--page-title\">\n\n    \n  <h1>Social Origins of Cortical Face Areas<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n          <div class=\"subtitle\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  Peer reviewed publication, Trends in Cognitive Sciences\n\n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n          <strong class=\"author-field\"><span >By<\/span>Powell LJ,\u00a0Kosakowski HL, Saxe R. 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