News tagged with individual recognition
New research shows how horses recognise their neighbours
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Dec 16, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study into how horses recognise members of the same herd suggests that it's not just humans who use complex memory processes to identify each other.
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Tell me by the way I walk
Jun 09, 2008 |
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Biometrics is commonly associated retinal scans, iris recognition and DNA databases, but researchers in India are working on another form of biometrics that could allow law enforcement agencies and airport security to recognize ...
Study shows computer programs can classify dog barks better than humans
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Jan 16, 2008 |
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Computer programs may be the most accurate tool for studying acoustic communications amongst animals, according to Csaba Molnar from Eoetvoes Lorand University in Hungary and his research team. Their paper, published in Springer's ...
Biometrics researchers report on facial recognition technology
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 22, 2007 |
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On the face of it, the old saying goes, things are not always as they seem. However, when it comes to faces, things are almost always what they seem, according to a new report coauthored by two University ...
Recognition at last: Face recognition computers can see through your disguise
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jul 07, 2009 |
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A rapid but superior method for computerized face recognition could revolutionize security systems especially if it can see through disguises, according to research published in this month's issue of the International Jo ...
To recognize their friends, mice use their amygdalas
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Apr 05, 2007 |
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Even those who can’t remember names can usually recall faces. New research from Rockefeller University suggests that a simple brain chemical, a neuropeptide called oxytocin, is a reason.
Study suggests left-side bias in visual expertise
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 28, 2009 |
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Facial recognition is not as automatic as it may seem. Researchers have identified specific areas in the brain devoted solely to picking out faces among other objects we encounter. Two specific effects have been established ...
The psychology of deja vu
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 18, 2008 |
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All of us have experienced being in a new place and feeling certain that we have been there before. This mysterious feeling, commonly known as déjà vu, occurs when we feel that a new situation is familiar, even if there is ...
Scientists reveal how mice recognise each other
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Nov 05, 2007 |
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Scientists at the University of Liverpool have discovered that mice rely on a special set of proteins to recognise each other.
Mechanism and function of humor identified by new evolutionary theory
Jun 27, 2008 |
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A new publication answers centuries' old questions regarding the mechanism and function of humour, identifying the reason humour is common to all human societies, its fundamental role in the evolution of homo sapiens and ...
Saying 'Cheese' for More Effective Border Security
Nov 25, 2008 |
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Facial recognition systems perform some very challenging tasks such as checking an individual’s photo against a database of known or suspected criminals. The task can become nearly impossible when the systems ...
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