Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) often struggle to recognize emotions from facial expressions (facial affect), hindering their social interactions. By using Humintell’s emotion recognition training tool MiX, researchers out of Rush University Medical Center in Skokie, Illinois tested children ages 8-14 who are affected with autism spectrum disorder over a six week period. Russo,…
Read MoreAnalyzing Drew Peterson’s Facial Expressions
A former police sergeant Drew Peterson is being charged with the murder of his third wife Kathleen Savio and is a suspect in the mysterious disappearance of his fourth wife Stacy Peterson. Peterson’s third wife’s death was originally classified as an accidental drowning (2004) but after his fourth wife Stacy vanished from their home in…
Read MoreFace Transplant: Update
In January of this year we shared the story of the first Full Face Transplant recipient, a Texas man, Dallas Weins who was very grateful for the life changing operation. Reuters.com, has reported on another face transplant that has had such success that the recipient Richard Norris is able to brush his own teeth and…
Read MoreThe Complexity of the Human Face and Emotions
Humans learn at a very young age to distinguish faces. In fact, studies have shown that an infant will pay closer attention (i.e. stare longer) at a face than any other object, no matter how colorful. The human face plays an important role when answering the question what is it that makes humans different from…
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