Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire.  A specific patch of tissue on the right side of the brain's visual cortex takes

charge of recognizing human bodies and body parts, contends a team of researchers

led by psychologist Paul E. Downing of the University of Wales in Bangor. This

body-processing hub lies near one region already linked to face recognition and

not far from another that specializes in telling one place from another, the

scientists say.

The researchers made their find by studying 19