Psychology & Psychiatry
The man in the moon: Why your brain is hard-wired to see faces
Why your brain then responds emotionally to faces in everyday objects.
Aug 27, 2021
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News tagged with facial recognition
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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Neuroscience
Imagining a face reactivates face-detecting neurons in humans
Face-sensitive neurons in humans employ distinct activity patterns to encode individual faces; those patterns reactivate when imagining the face, according to research recently published in JNeurosci.
Jan 11, 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
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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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Hawaii extends 14-day quarantine for all incoming travelers
Hawaii Gov. David Ige extended the state's mandatory 14-day quarantine for all arriving travelers on Wednesday in a bid to keep coronavirus cases in the islands low.
Jun 11, 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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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
'Selfie app' to keep track of quarantined Poles
Poland on Friday launched a smartphone app allowing people under a mandatory 14-day quarantine for coronavirus to send selfies to let authorities know they are indeed staying home.
Mar 20, 2020
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Radiology & Imaging
Mayo Clinic studies patient privacy in MRI research
Though identifying data typically are removed from medical image files before they are shared for research, a Mayo Clinic study finds that this may not be enough to protect patient privacy.
Oct 24, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Artificial intelligence predicts radiation therapy side effects for patients with head and neck cancers
For the first time, a sophisticated computer model has been shown to accurately predict two of the most challenging side effects associated with radiation therapy for head and neck cancer. This precision oncology approach ...
Sep 26, 2019
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