Anyone is familiar with the situation when, upon meeting a person, his face begins to seem familiar, but you cannot remember this meeting.
Scientists call this phenomenon the "familiar face" phenomenon. Now we know why it happens.
Research on this topic was conducted by American scientists in Los Angeles.
If you've made a mistake or been confused with someone else, don't blame it all on your bad memory. It has almost nothing to do with it.
Conclusions of scientists
If you find yourself in a similar situation, don’t waste time guessing, but rather just accept that you are dealing with a stranger.
The phenomenon occurs when a person studies the face of a random passerby.
At this time, in the area of the brain called the amygdala, processes associated with memorizing information arise.
At the same time, processes in the hippocampus are activated, which is responsible for data processing and memory formation.
That is, the human brain is tuned to remember, recognize and search for similar faces in memory.
The phenomenon is explained by the fact that the brain identifies the general features of a stranger with the faces of other people previously met. And this function works in the background.
And if you still can’t remember where you saw this stranger, take it on faith that this is an absolutely normal phenomenon.
