The fact that not all people are equally capable of recognizing faces has been made painfully obvious to many. But researchers have always been unclear about what brain area or neural process is underlying the difference. A new study now proposes an interesting explanation for this.
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5 December 2011
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Few are the people who can say that they've never went through a situation where they could remember seeing a person, but couldn't for the life of them remember their names. A new investigation conducted in the United Kingdom evidences the neural mechanisms that underly this behavior. The research effort w... |
5 August 2011
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In the past 12 hours, a company dealing with facial recognition has made multiple headlines for reportedly being acquired by Apple Inc. The details of the deal have not been disclosed officially but “rock-solid” sources cited by TechCrunch say Apple paid around $29 million to take over the entire sharehol... |
21 September 2010
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Men are known for being attracted to either the face or body of women, but a new study suggests that the target of their eyes is in fact dictated by the expectations they have of the resulting relationship.In other words, if men are looking for a one-night stand or a fling, they are very likely to look at the woman&#... |
15 September 2010
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Scientists have recently published the results of a new investigation, detailing how to recognize which men are worthy of trust, and which are more likely to deceive. According to the investigators, it would appear that the width of a man's face, and more precisely his cheekbones, is a clear indicator of just ho... |
8 March 2010
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Scientists at the University College London (UCL) were recently able to confirm that the innate human ability to recognize other people's face is something that is primarily determined by each individual's genetic makeup. The new investigation, which was conducted on twins, determined that identical sibling... |
23 February 2010
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Researchers at the Duke University Medical Center have recently conducted a new study on how the brain understands the stimuli it's being exposed to every day. The investigation revolved around attractive human faces, which bombard us every day from the computer and TV screens. The science group used an advanced... |
17 February 2010
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For most of us, staring in a window or mirror and recognizing our own face is something that we do automatically, and therefore many take this for granted. However, there is a small group of people that tend to fail in recognizing themselves, and these individuals suffer from a condition known as acquired prosopagnos... |
10 February 2010
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Many researchers have said over the years that a person's intelligence quotient (IQ) can be considered a clear indicator of that individual's smartness in a number of other areas as well. But a new study seems to suggest that this is not always the case, especially when it comes to our ability to recognize ... |
22 January 2010
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In a new series of experiments, scientists asked a number of volunteers to look at photos of androgynous faces, and determine which was male and which was female. The participants were very likely to say that people with lower eyebrows and tight lips – signs of anger – were men, while the characters with ... |
7 December 2009
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According to the documentation posted online by Apple for iPhoto 8.1.1, the new update addresses issues affecting face recognition performance and accuracy. The Mac maker reveals that, in addition to these enhancements, the new release also resolves minor issues with book ordering and iPod touch support. The update i... |
25 November 2009
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In some of the most serious courtroom cases to date, eyewitness testimonies were crucial to bringing down known criminals, as well as other types of offenders. However, those who witnessed the crime were subjected to their own flawed memories, which meant that they could be believing that they were offering authoriti... |
6 October 2009
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Seeking to understand what drives the changes on our faces when we talk over the phone, or in video-conferences, experts at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have developed a new computer software that is able to clone facial expressions, and later reconstruct them into a cloned face. Head tilts and movements can a... |
1 June 2009
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Face recognition is one of the characteristics of our brains that make us humans, and evolution has endowed us with this ability so that we don't have to smell each other every time we meet, just to ensure we're talking to the right person. But it would seem that some people are better at it than others, a... |
20 May 2009
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A new scientific study, conducted by researchers at McGill University and led by Department of Psychology neuroscientist David Ostry, shows that the way we hear voices or other sounds depends on how our facial muscles are contracted, or if we speak or are quiet at the time we hear those sounds. The finds, published i... |
21 January 2009
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