Why do our eyes widen when afraid and narrow to slits when disgusted? Research findings by Cornell neuroscientist Adam Anderson suggest that human facial expressions arose from universal, adaptive reactions to environmental stimuli and not originally as social communication signals, lending support to Charles Darwin’s 19th-century theories on the evolution of emotion. Anderson is an…
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We’ve always been told “Don’t judge a book by its cover“, but in fact research shows that, that is exactly what our brains are programmed to do. LiveScience comments on new findings that identify which facial features influence how others first perceive a person. Are you perceived as trustworthy, attractive, dominant? Scientists purport that these judgments are…
Read MoreGenuine Sadness or Posed Grief? Gerard Baden-Clay
The story of murdered mother Allison Baden-Clay has gripped Australia for the past several months. Allison’s husband Gerard Baden-Clay was accused and convicted of killing his wife Allison at their home in the affluent western Brisbane suburb of Brookfield on April 19, 2012, and dumping her body on the banks of Kholo Creek at Anstead…
Read MoreFastest Facial Recognition System in the UK
Engaget.com reports on the most watched country in the world: Britain. Leicestershire police officers are the first in the UK to test NEC’s NeoFace, a face recognition software that is being hailed as the fastest and most accurate in the world (NeoFace ranks number one in independent face matching speed and accuracy tests). The facial…
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