Neuroscience
Scientists decode how the brain senses smell
Scientists have further decoded how mammalian brains perceive odors and distinguish one smell from thousands of others.
Jun 18, 2020
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News tagged with facial recognition
Psychology & Psychiatry
Never forget a face? Research suggests people know an average of 5,000 faces
For the first time scientists have been able to put a figure on how many faces people actually know- a staggering 5,000 on average.
Oct 10, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study bolsters the special status of the brain's face recognition ability
(Medical Xpress)—There is seemingly no cognitive load associated with the near-instantaneous recognition of individual faces. Indeed, facial recognition is so innate and so obviously critical to human social exchange that ...
Neuroscience
Brain mapping shows auto experts recognize cars like people recognize faces
When people – and monkeys – look at faces, a special part of their brain that is about the size of a blueberry "lights up." Now, the most detailed brain-mapping study of the area yet conducted has confirmed that it isn't ...
Oct 1, 2012
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Neuroscience
Artificial neural networks model facial processing in autism
Many of us easily recognize emotions expressed in others' faces. A smile may mean happiness, while a frown may indicate anger. Autistic people often have a more difficult time with this task. It's unclear why. But new research, ...
Jun 16, 2022
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Cardiology
Researchers observe three types of hormone response to surgical disruption in cardiac patients
Cardiac surgery patients may experience different levels of disruption to their body producing life-saving hormones during their operations, a new study reveals.
Apr 29, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study finds that masks make little difference to facial identification
But the study also shows for the first time that performance may be improved by using super recognisers—people who are very skilled at recognizing faces. It also reveals that masks do make recognizing someone's emotions ...
Mar 31, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Do I know you? Researchers evaluate how masks disrupt facial perception
The identification of people wearing masks has often presented a unique challenge during the pandemic. A new study by researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Israel and York University in Canada reveals ...
Dec 21, 2020
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Neuroscience
Advanced, high-res MRI scans reveal link between cognitive abilities and 'tree ring' layers in the brain
Object recognition and facial recognition may seem like similar abilities, but new research finds that these behaviors are on the opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to physical signatures in the brain.
Apr 14, 2020
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Genetics
Study suggests neuronal origin of 'they all look alike'
A team of researchers from the University of California and Stanford University has found that the tendency to see people from different racial groups as interchangeable has a neuronal basis. In their paper published in Proceedings ...
