Machine learning is helping police work out what people on the run now look like

How do police forces make artificially aged images of people who have been missing for years?

Charlie Frowd, Professor of Forensic Psychology, University of Central Lancashire • conversation
Feb. 20, 2023 • ~6 min

Mask or no mask, babies remember a face

Babies can form memories of faces, even when they're masked, and can recognize those faces when the masks come off.

Kathleen Holder-UC Davis • futurity
Feb. 7, 2023 • ~4 min

You can’t really tell who ‘looks trustworthy’

"Our results revealed that people are fooling themselves when they think they can predict trustworthiness from appearance alone."

Amy McCaig-Rice University • futurity
Jan. 30, 2023 • ~3 min

Deepfakes: faces created by AI now look more real than genuine photos

People often struggle to distinguish between real faces and artificial ones made by a computer.

Manos Tsakiris, Professor of Psychology, Director of the Centre for the Politics of Feelings, Royal Holloway University of London • conversation
Jan. 23, 2023 • ~6 min

Why you could have 'face-ism' – an extreme tendency to judge people based on their facial features

New research shows some people make extreme personality judgments based solely on facial appearance

Paddy Ross, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Durham University • conversation
Dec. 2, 2022 • ~6 min

Half a brain can still recognize words and faces

People who had surgery to remove half of the brain correctly recognized differences between pairs of words or faces more than 80% of the time.

Anastasia Gorelova-Pittsburgh • futurity
Oct. 28, 2022 • ~7 min

Faking a smile can make you feel better

Can moving your face to mimic a smile actually brighten your mood? New research suggests the answer is "yes."

Stanford • futurity
Oct. 27, 2022 • ~7 min

Use 2 big rubber bands to majorly improve a surgical mask

Hacking a surgical mask with two eight-inch rubber bands can "has the potential to save lives and preserve wellness," say researchers.

U. Michigan • futurity
Aug. 25, 2022 • ~5 min

Use 2 big rubber bands to majorly improve a surgical mask

Hacking a surgical mask with two eight-inch rubber bands can "has the potential to save lives and preserve wellness," say researchers.

U. Michigan • futurity
Aug. 25, 2022 • ~5 min

People vary a lot in how well they recognize, match or categorize the things they see – researchers attribute this skill to an ability they call 'o'

To achieve perceptual expertise, you may need more than smarts and hard work. Research suggests there’s a general ability that may help you succeed in jobs that depend on perceptual decisions.

Jason Chow, Ph.D. Student in Psychological Sciences, Vanderbilt University • conversation
June 30, 2022 • ~8 min

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