News tagged with facial
Study evaluates use of corticosteroids and antiviral agents for treatment of Bell Palsy
Sep 01, 2009 |
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Among patients with Bell Palsy, a facial paralysis with unknown cause, treatment with corticosteroids is associated with a reduced risk of an unsatisfactory recovery, and treatment with a combination of corticosteroids and ...
Skin-disease patients show brain immunity to faces of disgust
Aug 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- People with psoriasis - an often distressing dermatological condition that causes lesions and red scaly patches on the skin - are less likely to react to looks of disgust by others than people without the ...
Facial expressions show language barriers too
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- People from East Asia tend to have a tougher time than those from European countries telling the difference between a face that looks fearful versus surprised, disgusted versus angry, and ...
Researchers Find Alcoholics Display Abnormal Brain Activity When Processing Facial Expressions
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that individuals who have a long history of alcoholism, but who have been abstinent for at least a month up to many years, showed abnormal ...
Smile as you read this: Language that puts you in touch with your bodily feelings
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 07, 2009 |
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Louis Armstrong sang, "When you're smilin', the whole world smiles with you." Romantics everywhere may be surprised to learn that psychological research has proven this sentiment to be true — merely seeing a smile (or a frown, ...
Dysport proves safe, effective anti-wrinkle treatment, plastic surgeons find
Aug 03, 2009 |
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The new anti-wrinkle facial filler Dysport, which could be used as an alternative to Botox, noticeably reduced frown lines between the eyes, according to users and independent reviewers in a study involving ...
New robots help humans cope with illness
Aug 02, 2009 |
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Robots that can cook, dance to Michael Jackson songs or guide the blind are among the gadgets aimed at helping humans cope with illnesses on display in Spain at one of the world's biggest annual gatherings ...
Babies with mild facial paralysis from forceps typically do not need treatment
Jul 20, 2009 |
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Mild facial nerve paralysis caused by the use of forceps during birth generally resolves on its own and does not require treatment, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.
Our brain looks at eyes first to identify a face
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 20, 2009 |
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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 ...
Our metallic reflection: Considering future human-android interactions
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 16, 2009 |
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Everyday human interaction is not what you would call perfect, so what if there was a third party added to the mix - like a metallic version of us? In a new article in Perspectives on Psychological Science, psychologist Neal J ...
Robot Learns to Smile and Frown (w/ Video)
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Jul 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A hyper-realistic Einstein robot at the University of California, San Diego has learned to smile and make facial expressions through a process of self-guided learning. The UC San Diego researchers ...
Darwin complicit in manipulating photos
Jul 02, 2009 |
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When Darwin came to publish The Expression of the Emotions in 1872, he employed images made by five photographers to illustrate the wide variation in human facial expressions. A new study of the way that two of these phot ...
Researchers identify parallel mechanism monkeys and humans use to recognize faces
Jun 25, 2009 |
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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
Jun 24, 2009 |
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(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 ...
Adding antiviral agents to steroids to treat facial paralysis is not linked to improved recovery
Jun 15, 2009 |
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Adding an antiviral agent to corticosteroids for treatment of Bell's palsy (a condition characterized by partial facial paralysis) is not associated with improved recovery of facial movement function, according to a meta-analysis ...
