Editing Face perception (section)

===Extension to episodic memory and explanation for existence===
[[Episodic memory]] is our ability to remember specific, previously experienced events.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia<!-- Citation bot bypass-->|year=2005|title=Episodic Memory, Computational Models of|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science|publisher=Wiley |doi=10.1002/0470018860.s00444 |first=Kenneth A. |last=Norman}}</ref>

In recognition of faces as it pertains to episodic memory, there has been shown to be activation in the left lateral prefrontal cortex, [[parietal lobe]], and the left medial frontal/anterior cingulate cortex.<ref name="Leube 2003 97–101">{{cite journal|last=Leube|first=Dirk T.|author2=Erb, Michael|author3=Grodd, Wolfgang|author4=Bartels, Mathias|author5= Kircher, Tilo T.J.|title=Successful episodic memory retrieval of newly learned faces activates a left fronto-parietal network|journal=Cognitive Brain Research|date=December 2003|volume=18|issue=1|pages=97–101|doi=10.1016/j.cogbrainres.2003.09.008|pmid=14659501}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Hofer|first=Alex|author2=Siedentopf, Christian M.|author3=Ischebeck, Anja|author4=Rettenbacher, Maria A.|author5=Verius, Michael|author6=Golaszewski, Stefan M.|author7=Felber, Stephan|author8= Fleischhacker, W. Wolfgang|title=Neural substrates for episodic encoding and recognition of unfamiliar faces|journal=Brain and Cognition|date=March 2007|volume=63|issue=2|pages=174–181|doi=10.1016/j.bandc.2006.11.005|pmid=17207899|s2cid=42077795}}</ref> It was also found that a left lateralization during episodic memory retrieval in the parietal cortex correlated strongly with success in retrieval.<ref name="Leube 2003 97–101" /> This may possibly be due to the hypothesis that the link between face recognition and episodic memory were stronger than those of voice and episodic memory.<ref name="Hanley 2009 830–839" /> This hypothesis can also be supported by the existence of specialized face recognition devices thought to be located in the temporal lobes.<ref name="Leube 2003 97–101" /><ref>{{cite encyclopedia<!-- Citation bot bypass-->|year=2005|title= Face Perception, Neural Basis of|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science|publisher=Wiley |doi=10.1002/0470018860.s00330 |first=Shlomo |last=Bentin }}</ref>

There is also evidence of the existence of two separate neural systems for face recognition: one for familiar faces and another for newly learned faces.<ref name="Leube 2003 97–101" /> One explanation for this link between face recognition and episodic memory is that since face recognition is a major part of human existence, the brain creates a link between the two in order to be better able to communicate with others.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia<!-- Citation bot bypass-->|year=2005|title=Face Perception, Psychology of|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science|publisher=Wiley |first1=Alice J. |last=O'Toole |doi=10.1002/0470018860.s00535}}</ref>

[[File:The-three-layer-model-of-self-related-cognition-.jpg|thumb|Three-layer model of self-cognition developed by Motoaki Sugiura]]