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Keywords:

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Area of Science:

Computational Neuroscience
Computer Vision
Cognitive Science

Background:

Deep learning models achieve human-level performance in face recognition.
Computational approaches offer novel methods for studying human face processing.

Purpose of the Study:

To review scientific progress in understanding human face processing via deep learning.
To explore the implications of deep learning advances for vision science and neuroscience.

Main Methods:

Reviewing computational approaches based on deep learning.
Analyzing deep networks trained for face identification.

Main Results:

Deep networks generate rich, structured face representations, impacting inverse optics theories.
High-level visual face representations in deep learning are not reducible to interpretable features.
Deep learning highlights multistep, interactive learning processes crucial for face skill development.

Conclusions:

Deep learning provides a powerful framework for understanding human face processing.
Advances in deep learning necessitate rethinking visual representations, neural coding, and learning theories.
Computational models are essential for explaining complex human visual abilities like face recognition.