Quote Originally Posted by Mzzkc View Post
It's not true.

Yes, the human brain is exceptional at recognizing and processing facial features, but it's even more adept at filling in details. I'm not going to go too in-depth, or spend 20 minutes pulling together research no one will read, but the faces of DCs are amalgamations of facial features you've previously seen and remembered.

As such, it's more accurate to say there might be DCs running around with your nose, your ears, or even your hair. But a full reconstruction of a specific person you've barely glanced at is highly unlikely, since that sort of information typically never makes it to working memory, let alone long term memory.
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Think about it this way... you walk in the city or just basically anywhere in public, lots of people pass by you and they all see you, even if unintentionally in their peripheral vision or by directly looking at you.
Well, guess she did mention peripherals.... so that's more difficult.

However depending on awareness levels of an individual.. and whether or not photographic or near photographic memory is involved... it's possible to reconstruct someone with a higher level of accuracy than the average person might. On the other hand, the more normal the individual appears, the less likely they are to notice them... although if you create a unique context in which the person is viewed, it increases the probability of the person being stored in a more long term area of the brain.

It just depends.

Although, that would take a lot of effort to do that with everyone we pass.... sooooooo guess that's outside the norm xD