News tagged with facial cues

Trusting Tiger Woods: How do facial cues affect preference and trust?

People respond to facial cues and this affects their level of trust, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research that looks at the way consumers react to morphed photo images.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Can a machine tell when you're lying? Research suggests the answer is 'yes'

Inspired by the work of psychologists who study the human face for clues that someone is telling a high-stakes lie, UB computer scientists are exploring whether machines can also read the visual cues that give away deceit.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

Male or female? Coloring provides gender cues

Our brain is wired to identify gender based on facial cues and coloring, according to a new study published in the Journal of Vision. Psychology Professor Frédéric Gosselin and his Université de Mon ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (9) | comments 2

'Mal-intent' may be the future of security

If Bob Burns is correct, terrorists may betray themselves someday by jiggling on a Nintendo Wii balance board, blinking too fast, curling a lip like Elvis -- or doing nothing at all. Burns and his team of scientists are researching ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jun 01, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 6