Genetics
DNA facial prediction could make protecting your privacy more difficult
Everywhere we go, we leave behind bits of DNA.
May 2, 2018
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News tagged with facial recognition
Pediatrics
Children's facial recognition technology lauded by STAT for impact, novelty
Children's facial recognition technology that enables more timely diagnoses of rare diseases and common genetic disorders, helping to improve kids' health outcomes around the world, garnered more than 33,000 overall votes ...
Apr 2, 2018
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Health
Using AI to determine queer sexuality is misconceived and dangerous
How do we know if someone is gay? A recent Stanford University study has claimed that Artificial Intelligence (AI) using a facial recognition algorithm can more accurately guess whether a person is gay or lesbian than human ...
Sep 18, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New facial recognition findings could help develop new treatments for conduct disorder
Teenage girls and boys with severe antisocial behaviour have difficulty recognising facial expressions and look less at important parts of the face, such as the eyes, when viewing faces, according to a new study published ...
Sep 7, 2017
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Neuroscience
Study suggests brain's ability to recognize faces is shaped through repeated exposure
Scientists have long deemed the ability to recognize faces innate for people and other primates—something our brains just know how to do immediately from birth.
Sep 4, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Brain damage can make sideways faces more memorable, and give us 'emotion blindness'
People with damage to a crucial part of the brain fail to recognise facial emotions, but they unexpectedly find faces looking sideways more memorable researchers have found.
Jun 6, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Men and women show equal ability at recognizing faces
Despite conventional wisdom that suggests women are better than men at facial recognition, Penn State psychologists found no difference between men and women in their ability to recognize faces and categorize facial expressions.
May 9, 2017
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Genetics
Twin research reveals which facial features are most controlled by genetics
Research published this week in Scientific Reports uses computer image and statistical shape analysis to shed light on which parts of the face are most likely to be inherited.
Apr 19, 2017
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Autism spectrum disorders
Children with autism find understanding facial expressions difficult
A team from Bristol's School of Experimental Psychology aimed to find out whether six basic facial expressions differing in intensity are challenging for young people with autism to recognise.
Mar 30, 2017
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Pediatrics
Medicine, engineering researchers use facial expression software to help measure pain felt by newborns
For generations, nurses tending to newborns have been able to tell the subtle difference between a baby's cry of hunger and that of pain.
Mar 27, 2017
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