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FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·May 9, 2017·5 min readMen and Women Show Equal Ability in Recognizing FacesContrary to popular believe, sex differences do not influence the ability to recognize faces.Read More
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AutismFeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·April 1, 2017·4 min readChildren With Autism Find Understanding Facial Expressions Difficult But Make Similar Mistakes as PeersAccording to researchers, while teens with ASD do have a difficult time recognizing emotion from facial expressions, the types of mistakes they make are similar to those of the same age without ASD.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·March 30, 2017·4 min readAltered PerceptionsResearchers report on how certain activity in face cells can alter perception.Read More
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FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·January 25, 2017·6 min readFixating on Faces: Face Cell Activation Depends on Where You Are Paying AttentionStudy could shed light on the mechanisms behind social cognitive defects associated with autism.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 5, 2017·8 min readDevelopment of Face Recognition Entails Brain Tissue GrowthTwo new studies overturn currently held theories, finding the brain continues to grow in regions that also show changes in function.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·December 27, 2016·4 min readHow the Brain Processes Faces From Sight to RecognitionA new study explores the neural basis for facial recognition and identification.Read More