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AI Researchers Design ‘Privacy Filter’ For Your Photos

Neuroscience NewsJune 3, 2018

Using an AI technique called adversarial training, researchers have developed a new algorithm that dynamically disrupts facial recognition systems, which may help to maintain privacy.... Read More...

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Face Recognition Experts Perform Better with AI as Partners

Neuroscience NewsMay 29, 2018

A new study reports facial recognition experts perform better with deep convolutional neural networks assisting them in their jobs rather than other humans.... Read More...

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Do We Subconsciously Judge Face Likeness?

Neuroscience NewsMay 11, 2018

A new study sheds light on the mechanisms behind how humans recognize and distinguish between two types of visual information. The study provides insight into the level of visual processing where pareidolia, the human ability to see faces in inanimate objects, occurs.... Read More...

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Horses Remember Facial Expressions of People They Have Seen Before

Neuroscience NewsApril 26, 2018

Researchers reveal a horse can read and remember people's emotional facial expressions.... Read More...

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Amygdala May Play Bigger Role in Facial Recognition

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 12, 2018

Researchers report the amygdala may play a bigger role in facial recognition than previously thought. According to a new study, the amygdala responds more specifically to images of the face than the fusiform face area does. ... Read More...

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Can’t Remember a Name? Blame the Left Side of Your Brain

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 24, 2018

Study reveals both similarities and differences in how the left and right sides of the brain process semantic memory.... Read More...

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Sheep Are Able to Recognize Human Faces From Photographs

Neuroscience NewsNovember 27, 2017

University of Cambridge researchers report sheep can be trained to recognize different faces from photographs and can identify their handler in a photo without prior training. ... Read More...

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Your Neurons Register Familiar Faces, Whether You Notice Them or Not

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 21, 2017

Whether we are consciously aware of seeing a familiar face and object or not, our brains actively notice. A new study sheds light on the nature of conscious perception.... Read More...

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Guess Who? Facial Expressions Can Cause Confusion

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 20, 2017

University of Bristol researchers report expressive faces can cause identity confusion.... Read More...

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Face Value: Brain’s Ability to Recognize Faces Shaped Through Repeated Exposure

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 4, 2017

Key brain areas associated with facial recognition were absent in monkeys who were temporaily deprived of seeing faces while growing up, a new study reports. The findings suggest experience and exposure is key to the brain's ability to recognize faces. ... Read More...

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How the Brain Recognizes Familiar Faces

Neuroscience NewsAugust 10, 2017

Researchers discover two new areas of the brain involved in facial processing.... Read More...

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Can Our Faces Reveal Whether We Are Rich or Poor?

Neuroscience NewsJuly 5, 2017

Could it be possible to judge a person's socioeconomic status by simply looking at their face? A new study revels that people can accurately assess whether a person is rich or poor, but only when the person displays a neutral face that is void of a smile or emotion.... Read More...

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