Your brain handles facial information differently than it does any other visual information. Most visual information is processed by your Occipital Lobe. But

Your brain handles facial information differently than it does any other visual information. Most visual information is processed by your Occipital Lobe. But facial information is processed by your Temporal Lobe. To be fair, facial recognition is a major part of human cognition, so this isn't all that surprising that it's specialized.