The subject's own name (SON) is preferentially processed in the right hemisphere, mainly because of its self-relevance and emotional content, together with other personally relevant information such as the voice of a familiar person.
Also, dogs in this treatment initiated more physical contact with the familiar person and expressed more lip licking upon reunion.
The woman I'd been sitting with disappeared and a more familiar person took her place.
Some vaguely familiar person will come up to you in the supermarket.
By far the strongest activation followed exposure to the scent of a familiar person.
If you had an unfamiliar problem, you'd seek out a shu ren, a "familiar person," to help.
I'll bet we've all had some version of this experience a familiar person becomes a stranger, in real time.
But is the removal of every familiar person in the entire building really the best way to continue the education of Miramonte's students?
To investigate a commonly occurring human dog interaction, behavioural and endocrine responses of 12 female beagle dogs were measured before, upon and after the return of a familiar person.
Here, participants had to report if the upper part of a face (containing the eyes) belonged to a familiar person or not, whether the lower part (containing the mouth) was congruent or not with the person to be recognized.
Amparo Diaz saw an even more familiar person on the screen: her son, Oscar Bejarano, who plays Carlos, a drug trafficker.
