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·September 22, 2023·5 min read

Upside Down World: Unique View Offers Clues to Face Recognition

Claudio's unique head orientation—rotated nearly 180 degrees—allowed researchers to explore the evolutionary and experiential factors in face recognition. While most people struggle to recognize inverted faces, Claudio's distinct vantage point put this ability to the test.

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·June 2, 2023·4 min read

Instant Recognition: Brain Spots Power Players at Lightning Speed

Researchers made a significant discovery about how quickly our brains can identify people in positions of power. The team conducted a study in which participants interacted with others perceived to be significantly better or worse at a particular game.

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·February 13, 2023·4 min read

Even the Best Models for Reading Facial Expressions May Be Partly Subjective

Even the best models for recognizing facial emotions fall short of real human judgment. Additionally, individual differences mean different people read different emotions from the same face, making it harder to ascertain exactly which facial movements are systematically linked to different emotional states.

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·February 1, 2023·3 min read

Babies Remember Faces Despite Face Masks

6 to 9-month-old babies can form memories of masked faces and recognize the faces when the mask is removed.

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·November 17, 2022·4 min read

Mask-Wearing Can Make It More Difficult to Recognize Masked and Unmasked Faces of Others

When you are wearing a face mask, it may be more difficult for you to recognize people, even if they are not wearing masks.

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·October 31, 2022·2 min read

Different People Interpret Facial Impressions Very Differently

The same facial expression can mean different things to different people.

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·October 25, 2022·5 min read

Word and Face Recognition Can Be Adequately Supported With Half a Brain

Hemispherectomy patients who had a hemisphere of their brain removed during childhood can correctly recognize differences between pairs of words or faces 80% of the time, a new study reports. The findings reveal how the brain adapts when it is highly plastic.

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·August 31, 2022·6 min read

Good Face Recognizers Can Learn Faces From Fragments

People who are exceptionally good at recognizing faces, or super-recognizers, divide areas of the face into parts before storing them as a composite image in the brain.

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·August 2, 2022·4 min read

Research on Recognizing Facial Emotion Expressions Could Change Our Understanding of Autism

Autism-associated social difficulties may reflect differences that only become apparent in high-pressure scenarios and certain social interactions. The findings challenge the belief that those with ASD can't adequately read facial emotional expressions.

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·July 31, 2022·5 min read

Why People Struggle to Recognize the Faces of People From Different Racial Backgrounds

Many people report having a difficult time recognizing faces from visually distinct different backgrounds than their own. A new brain stimulation study found the "other race effect" is a result of lacking of cognitive visual expertise, and not social bias.

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·July 18, 2022·3 min read

People Can Recognize the Emotions of Other People in Face Masks

When the whole body is visible, people can identify the emotions and traits of other people wearing face masks.

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·May 31, 2022·4 min read

Investigating Links Between Facial Recognition and Alzheimer’s Disease

Study evaluates whether problems in facial processing and recognition in Alzheimer's disease are a result of memory impairment or visual processing deficits.

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facial recognition

Upside Down World: Unique View Offers Clues to Face Recognition

Instant Recognition: Brain Spots Power Players at Lightning Speed

Even the Best Models for Reading Facial Expressions May Be Partly Subjective

Babies Remember Faces Despite Face Masks

Mask-Wearing Can Make It More Difficult to Recognize Masked and Unmasked Faces of Others

Different People Interpret Facial Impressions Very Differently

Word and Face Recognition Can Be Adequately Supported With Half a Brain

Good Face Recognizers Can Learn Faces From Fragments

Research on Recognizing Facial Emotion Expressions Could Change Our Understanding of Autism

Why People Struggle to Recognize the Faces of People From Different Racial Backgrounds

People Can Recognize the Emotions of Other People in Face Masks

Investigating Links Between Facial Recognition and Alzheimer’s Disease

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Worms Illuminate Ancient Emotional Mechanisms

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