We all know that babies learn about the people and world around them from watching and imitating what they see. Well, apparently we continue this into adulthood. A new study from researchers at Utrecht University finds that we can smell fear and disgust and when we do it can trigger the same emotion in our brains. The study’s findings can…
Read MoreFollow up: Truth Teller or Liar?
Several people have commented on the Truth Teller or Liar blog we posted last week regarding a man named “Tony” who claims he was not the person seen in a photo who vandalized a San Francisco muni bus after the Giants won the World Series. We asked blog readers to analyze the video that was…
Read More“Face Blindness” Follow-Up
Prosopagnosia, also known as face blindness, is a neurological disorder where people cannot recognize faces. There are varying degrees to this disorder, but the effects can be devastating for all sufferers. In a few extreme cases face blind people can’t even recognize their own face. In a past blog, we reported that science has not…
Read MoreOut of the Darkness: Face Transplant- Richard Norris
Face transplant technology has been around for a little while with the first face transplant in the U.S. taking place in 2008 (Connie Culp). For a previous blog article on Connie, take a look here. However, it is not as advanced as the movie Face/Off (1997) would have us believe. Science cannot just make another person…
Read More