http://neurosciencenews.com/ready-for-your-close-up-perception-neuroscience/ Research news from the cutting edge of neuroscience. Fri, 10 May 2013 12:08:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://neurosciencenews.com/ready-for-your-close-up-perception-neuroscience/comment-page-1/#comment-13530 Daniel Barton Tue, 09 Oct 2012 00:06:22 +0000 http://neurosciencenews.com/?p=7828#comment-13530 I would suspect that we are evolutionary lprimed to be ess trusting of the face of a stranger which is closer to us for two related reasons; firstly, the more a person is invading our space the more vigilant we become generally, but secondly the more likely that the invader is seeking to persuade, via intimidation or otherwise towards a position that may be of value to them.

]]> http://neurosciencenews.com/ready-for-your-close-up-perception-neuroscience/comment-page-1/#comment-13523 Spiny Dendrite Wed, 26 Sep 2012 21:56:14 +0000 http://neurosciencenews.com/?p=7828#comment-13523 I wonder if it is due to picking up on facial features not able to be seen from a further distance. Things like smile lines, eyebrows and pupil sizes, for example, are often very important in reading facial expressions. Perhaps having them more “in our face” with a close up picture makes our brain want to judge the new data apparent in the picture.

]]> http://neurosciencenews.com/ready-for-your-close-up-perception-neuroscience/comment-page-1/#comment-13522 Neuroscience News Wed, 26 Sep 2012 19:28:08 +0000 http://neurosciencenews.com/?p=7828#comment-13522 This is the first article up since the redesign. There are more features to come. This is really a small test to see how things are working while the site is live, including this comment.

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