(Medical Xpress)—Alcohol intoxication reduces communication between two areas of the brain that work together to properly interpret and respond to social signals, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at ...
Aug 29, 2013
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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 ...
New research has found that the Mona Lisa's famed smile is almost certainly 'forced'—raising the intriguing possibility that Leonardo deliberately portrayed her that way.
Jun 3, 2019
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Every year, about 40,000 Americans are afflicted with Bell's palsy, a temporary paralysis of the facial muscles that can manifest as muscle twitching and drooping at the corners of the mouth and eyelids.
Apr 6, 2018
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Each time you see a person that you know, your brain rapidly and seemingly effortlessly recognizes that person by his or her face.
May 31, 2011
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If your name is Fred, do you look like a Fred? You might—and others might think so, too. New research published by the American Psychological Association has found that people appear to be better than chance at correctly ...
Feb 27, 2017
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The way people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) gather information - not the judgement process itself - might explain why they gain different perceptions from peoples' faces, according to a new study from Hôpital Rivière-des-Prairies ...
Nov 26, 2014
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The Cliniface project aims to assist clinical diagnosis, drug treatment monitoring and clinical trials by using accurate and reliable 3-D facial image visualisation and analysis methods.
Mar 25, 2019
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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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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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