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Tag Archives: face perception
The Great Consciousness Swindle
James Kent, the author of Psychedelic Information Theory: Shamanism in the Age of Reason, debates dualism. “If I can convince you that something invisible exists, like an ‘invisible mind’, but I also say it is immaterial and can never be measured, then … Continue reading
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Tagged Brain, cognitive neuroscience research, Consciousness, face perception, James Kent, Neuroscience, psychology, science
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The Walking Dead Sydrome
Since Halloween is coming up soon, its interesting to know that there are people walking around believing that they are actually dead. The Cotard delusion, or the walking corpse syndrome, is a rare mental illness that causes a person to believe … Continue reading
Posted in Consciousness, Face perception, Neuroscience, Perception
Tagged Brain, cognitive neuroscience research, cognitive illusions, Consciousness, cotard delusion, face perception, faces, Fusiform Gyrus, Neuroscience, Perception, psychological phenomenon, psychology, science, the walking corpse syndrome
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Photographer Uses Neuroscience To Redefined The Meaning Of Beauty
This fascinating photographic project, titled the ‘Original Ideal’, is an impressive blend of neuroscience and photography and attempts to explore and reveal the deepest part of our personality – how we perceive ourselves. All subjects were placed in a minimal studio setting where … Continue reading
Sleep and False Memory
Past research has claimed lack of sleep can cause memory loss. Now, in what is deemed a first-of-its-kind study, researchers from the University of California-Irvine and Michigan State University suggest sleep deprivation could increase susceptibility to false memories. … Continue reading
New Technology May Reveal How Long You’ll Live
Facial recognition technology may soon become personal, as a group of scientists is working on a system that analyze an individual’s longevity prospects based on how his or her face has aged. The research is still in its early stages, but … Continue reading
An Algorithm That Recognizes Faces Better Than People Can
Computer scientists are announcing they’ve made a program that is better at matching photos than people are, and this is the first time a program has performed better than people at recognizing people. The new algorithm, developed at the Chinese … Continue reading
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Tagged cognitive neuroscience research, face perception, faces, Perception, science
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Change Blindness
Dan Levin and Daniel Simons conducted a person-change study, and found that about 50% of people didn’t notice they were talking to a different person. See the clip here: This sort of person-change rarely (if ever) happens in the world. You might assume, … Continue reading
Posted in Face perception, Judgement and Decision making, Optical illusions, Perception, Psychology
Tagged change blindness, cognitive bias, cognitive neuroscience research, cognitive illusions, face perception, faces, Optical illusions, psychological phenomenon, psychology, science, visual illusion
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Beard Trend is ‘Guided by Evolution’
A study from 2013 (The role of facial hair in women’s perceptions of men’s attractiveness, health, masculinity and parenting abilities Evolution and Human Behavior 34 (2013) 236-241. doi:10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2013.02.003) looked at men’s and women’s judgments of attractiveness, health, masculinity and parenting abilities for … Continue reading
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Tagged attractiveness, clean-shaven, cognitive neuroscience research, Evolution and Human Behavior, face perception, faces, Men and women, Neuroscience, psychological phenomenon, psychology, science
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Signal Detection Theory
The signal detection theory evolved from the development of communications and radar equipment the first half of this century. It migrated to psychology, initially as part of sensation and perception, in the 50’s and 60’s as an attempt to understand … Continue reading
Brain Rewards Us for Looking at Pretty Faces
You probably saw dozens of people’s faces today, many more if you live in a city. You may not have been conscious of it, but you were subtly judging every one by its beauty. Your eyes are drawn to more … Continue reading