News tagged with facial features
Facial recognition at first glance
We meet a multitude of people on a daily basis: the nice waitress in the coffee shop around the corner, the bus driver or the colleagues at the office. Without the ability to recognize faces at first glance ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 01, 2010 |
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On the face of it, voting's superficial
Are voters truly sophisticated and rational decision makers? Apparently not. Their choices are heavily influenced by superficial, nonverbal cues, such as politicians' appearance, according to Christopher Olivola from University ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 15, 2010 |
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CEOs who look the part earn more
(PhysOrg.com) -- There were no evening gowns, swimsuits, or artistic talents on display, but a corporate beauty contest staged by Duke University researchers nevertheless revealed strong ties between appearance ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Apr 26, 2010 |
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Japanese baby-bot with runny nose teaches parenting skills (w/ Video)
It giggles and wiggles its feet when you shake its rattle, but will get cranky and cry from too much tickling: Meet Yotaro, a Japanese robot programmed to be as fickle as a real baby.
Mar 10, 2010 |
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Software sniffs out criminals by the shape of their nose
(PhysOrg.com) -- Forget iris and fingerprint scans - scanning noses could be a quicker and easier way to verify a person's identity, according to scientists from the University of the West of England and University ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 02, 2010 |
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Roman era York may have been more diverse than today
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new archaeological study in Britain has shown that its multi-cultural nature is not a new phenomenon, but that even in Roman times there was a strong African influence, with North Africans ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 01, 2010 |
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Researchers discover new 'golden ratios' for female facial beauty
(PhysOrg.com) -- Beauty is not only in the eye of the beholder but also in the relationship of the eyes and mouth of the beholden. The distance between a woman's eyes and the distance between her eyes and ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 16, 2009 |
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Study uses brain scans to discover how children 'read' faces
(PhysOrg.com) -- Oxford University scientists are using brain-scanning technology to understand how we learn to recognise and 'read' faces as children.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 20, 2009 |
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Improving security with face recognition technology
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. ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 10, 2009 |
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For gay and straight men, gauging facial attraction appears to operate similarly
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study from a researcher at Harvard University finds that gay men are most attracted to the most masculine-faced men, while straight men prefer the most feminine-faced women.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 29, 2009 |
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Did India invent the nose job?
An Indian doctor working in 600 B.C. might have been the world's first plastic surgeon, according to a new exhibition that challenges Western domination of the history of science and technology.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 29, 2009 |
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Our brain looks at eyes first to identify a face
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 ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 20, 2009 |
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Researchers identify parallel mechanism monkeys and humans use to recognize faces
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 ...
Jun 25, 2009 |
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Study: Women look away more from abnormal babies
(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 ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 24, 2009 |
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