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Study uses brain scans to discover how children 'read' faces

Study uses brain scans to discover how children 'read' faces

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Oxford University scientists are using brain-scanning technology to understand how we learn to recognise and 'read' faces as children.


Improving security with face recognition technology

Improving security with face recognition technology

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

A number of U.S. states now use facial recognition technology when issuing drivers licenses. Similar methods are also used to grant access to buildings and to verify the identities of international travelers. ...


Our brain looks at eyes first to identify a face

Our brain looks at eyes first to identify a face

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1

A study by the University of Barcelona (Spain) has analysed which facial features our brain examines to identify faces. Our brain adapts in order to obtain the maximum amount of information possible from each ...


Researchers identify parallel mechanism monkeys and humans use to recognize faces

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have demonstrated for the first time rhesus monkeys and humans share a specific perceptual mechanism, configural perception, for discriminating ...


Study: Women look away more from abnormal babies

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(AP) -- Puzzling new research suggests women have a harder time than men looking at babies with facial birth defects. It's a surprise finding. Psychiatrists from the Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital, who were studying ...