What does it say about a person if they cannot tell if someone is being sarcastic or lying? Katherine Rankin, Ph.D., a member of the UCSF’s Memory and Aging Center and senior author of a recent study, suggests that it may be possible to spot people with particular neurodegenerative diseases early by looking for the…
Read MoreCan Pigeons Read Human Faces?
Can pigeons really read human faces? Exception Magazine and new research from the University of Iowa suggests that pigeons, those pesky birds that poop all over your car and the park, can actually detect emotions in the form of nonverbal communication, which are our facial expressions. Graduate student, Fabian Soto commented, “The asymmetry has been…
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In a recent study conducted by the Universities of Cambridge and Utrecht, researchers tested the idea of autism being the result of an “extreme male brain.” Autism, according to BBC News Health, “is a disorder that affects the ability of children and adults to communicate and interact socially.” The rate of autism is much higher…
Read MoreDeception Robots
Surveillance has been power boosted to a new level. Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Technology Laboratory has developed a “spybot”. Ieee spectrum inside technology has the scoop. Lockheed’s new robotic creation knows how to operate incognito around humans. It actually listens for humans, guesses where they might be looking and then finds itself a hiding spot. How…
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