New research has revealed that the ability to process faces is not only connected to general intelligence but is also negatively associated with certain traits linked to autism. The study, published ...

We have recently advanced a general model of face processing intended to account for several race-related effects, such as better recognition of same-race faces, and faster classification of ...

For his part, Freiwald is fascinated by what the brain does with all the information we glean when we gaze at a face: “How do you go from the perception of a face to making inferences about the ...

Rhodes, G. & Zebrowitz, L.A. (Eds.) (2002). Facial attractiveness: Evolutionary, cognitive, and social perspectives. Westport, CT: Ablex. Zebrowitz, L.A. (1997 ...

Ron Blackwell reclined in a hospital bed at Stanford University, bandages from his recent brain surgery wrapped snugly around his head. Doctors had just removed a piece of his cranium, implanted ...

They investigated social perceptions of robots, focusing on how beliefs about their minds shape this perception. They examined whether labeling human faces as "android" affected typical face ...

A new 15-minute tool to screen stroke survivors for visual perception problems has been launched by researchers from Durham and Oxford universities.