Abstract Both word and face recognition processes are related to the fusiform gyrus which is located in the temporal and occipital lobes of the brain. Although both processes present several similarities, there are also remarkable differences between word and face recognition processes. These differences include a vast range of approaches and result from different groups of participants. However, how dissociated or overlapped these processes are continues to be a topic of debate. This study reviewed whether human face and word recognition require special use of attentional mechanisms is examined, including its distribution and temporal stages of processing conceptual issues such as grand challenges or future lines of research are revisited for these two recognition processes. The main insight is focused on the role of specialization for each process, which rather than being independent, might be bilaterally distributed with some preferences.

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视觉系统的挑战与洞察：人脸识别和文字识别是同一枚硬币的两个方面吗？

摘要 文字和人脸识别过程都与位于大脑颞叶和枕叶的梭状回有关。尽管这两个过程呈现出一些相似之处，但单词和人脸识别过程之间也存在显着差异。这些差异包括广泛的方法和不同参与者群体的结果。然而，这些过程如何分离或重叠仍然是一个争论的话题。这项研究审查了人脸和单词识别是否需要特别使用注意机制，包括其分布和处理概念问题的时间阶段，例如重大挑战或未来研究路线是重新审视这两个识别过程。