Specialized or not, if you're looking at fleeting, grainy CCTV footage then you are extrapolating a pattern over the missing information. Any extrapolation that

Specialized or not, if you're looking at fleeting, grainy CCTV footage then you are extrapolating a pattern over the missing information. Any extrapolation that works on less information must come at the cost of higher error. I concede it is possible that this brain difference is restricted to one specific lobe that does one specific task, but what are the odds of such a freakishly specific mutation? I have a uncle with schizophrenia. He frequently opens the door before you ring the bell. He draws the conclusion that someone is there from very subtle sound cues on the other side of the wall. This all sounds very impressive until you realize how many times a day he opens the door and no one is on the other side. The ability to draw remarkable conclusions from scant evidence comes at the cost of high false positives to the point where he hears voices in background sounds. It would not surprise me if the biological mechanism of being a "super recognizer" is similar.