Autism spectrum disorders
New technique developed to detect autism in children
Researchers have developed a new technique to help doctors more quickly and accurately detect autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children.
Jul 9, 2019
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News tagged with facial feature
Psychology & Psychiatry
Young children judge others based on facial features as much as adults do
Just like adults, children by the age of 5 make rapid and consistent character judgements of others based on facial features, such as the tilt of the mouth or the distance between the eyes. Those facial features also shape ...
Apr 18, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study suggests facial masculinity not a sexual ornament signaling mate quality in humans
A team of researchers from Pennsylvania State University and Universiteit Leuven has found evidence that suggests facial masculinity is not a sexual ornament signaling mate quality in humans. In their paper published in Proceedings ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
How we judge personality from faces depends on our pre-existing beliefs about how personality works
We make snap judgments of others based not only on their facial appearance, but also on our pre-existing beliefs about how others' personalities work, finds a new study by a team of psychology researchers.
Aug 27, 2018
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Fetal MRI can reliably spot holoprosencephaly as early as 18 gestational weeks
Fetal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can reliably spot holoprosencephaly as early as 18 gestational weeks, providing an opportunity to counsel families earlier in their pregnancy, according to Children's-led research published ...
May 21, 2018
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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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Genetics
Newly identified gene mutation results in intellectual disability and developmental delay
An international group of researchers led by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Assistant Professor Gholson Lyon has identified a new genetic mutation associated with intellectual disability, developmental delay, autism ...
Apr 12, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Children with facial difference have a lot to teach us about body image
The recently released film Wonder is based on the true story of Auggie, a boy born with a severe facial deformity. The film picks up at the point where Auggie, having been home-schooled by his mother, attends a regular school ...
Feb 23, 2018
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Genetics
15 new genes identified that shape human faces
Researchers from KU Leuven (Belgium) and the universities of Pittsburgh, Stanford, and Penn State have identified 15 genes that determine facial features. The findings were published in Nature Genetics.
Feb 20, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Women seen as younger when eyes, lips and eyebrows stand out
Aspects of facial contrast, a measure of how much facial features stand out in the face, decrease with age in women across a variety of ethnic groups, finds a study in open access journal Frontiers in Psychology. The study ...
Oct 11, 2017
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