The ability to recognize familiar faces is fundamental to social interaction. This process provides visual information and activates social and personal knowledge about a person who is familiar. But how the brain processes ...
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In a world first, neuroscientists from the University of Glasgow have been able to construct 3-D facial models using the unique information stored in an individual's brain when recalling the face of a familiar person.
Jun 18, 2019
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Our brains are incredibly good at processing faces, and even have specific regions specialized for this function. But what face dimensions are we observing? Do we observe general properties first, then look at the details? ...
Mar 25, 2019
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There's nothing quite like the rush of recognition that comes from seeing a familiar face. But scientists have been hard-pressed to explain how we identify well-known faces—or how that process differs from the way we perceive ...
Aug 10, 2017
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Scientists have long searched in vain for a class of brain cells that could explain the visceral flash of recognition that we feel when we see a very familiar face, like that of our grandmothers. But the proposed "grandmother ...
Jul 1, 2021
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Research by experts at the University of Stirling has revealed the impact that the increased wearing of face masks may be having on people's ability to recognize each other.
Nov 19, 2020
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The ability to recognize faces is a complex neurocognitive skill with important social implications. The disorder, which, according to some estimates, affects more than 2 percent of the population, can lead to isolation and ...
Jul 10, 2020
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Using "sub-millimeter" brain implants, researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), have been able to determine which parts of the brain are linked to facial and scene recognition.
Jun 4, 2020
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People tend to perceive faces they are familiar with as looking happier than unfamiliar faces, even when the faces objectively express the same emotion to the same degree, according to new research published in Psychological ...
Jun 20, 2017
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Researchers may soon be able to tell whether a suspect is lying about recognising someone they know, according to a study from the University of Portsmouth.
Mar 24, 2017
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