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Putting a name to a face may be key to the brain's expertise in recognizing faces, U.S. researchers say. The study, scheduled to be published in Psychological Science, suggests the human tendency to see people and faces as individuals may explain why people are such experts at recognizing other people. This new research adds to the evidence that the brain processes faces differently -- than objects -- because of our expertise with them. It also tells us what it is about our experience with...

Facial recognition is not as automatic as it may seem. Researchers have identified specific areas in the brain devoted solely to picking out faces among other objects we encounter. Two specific effects have been established as being critical for facial recognition "“ holistic processing (in which we view the face as a whole, instead of in various parts) and left-side bias (in which we have a preference for the left side of the face). Psychologists Janet H. Hsiao from the University of...

A man severely injured in a fall has undergone the second partial face transplant performed in the United States, says a statement from a Boston hospital. Eight surgeons, led by Dr. Bohdan Pomahac at Brigham and Women's Hospital, performed the transplant Thursday during 17 hours of surgery, The Boston Herald reported Friday. The surgeons replaced the man's nose, hard palate, upper lip, facial skin, muscles that animate the face and the nerves that power them and provide sensation, the...

Looking at yourself in the mirror every morning, you never think to question whether the person you see is actually you. You feel familiar"”at home with your own unique self image. After all, you have been sporting the same old face for years. An innovative study published December 24, 2008 in the online, open-access, peer-reviewed journal PLoS ONE, by Dr Manos Tsakiris, Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London, challenges this common-sense notion about our own self...

MEADVILLE, Pa., Dec. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Carla Bluhm, a developmental psychologist and visiting assistant professor at Allegheny College, and Nathan Clendenin, Allegheny class of 2007, have recently completed a book on the psychology of face transplants. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080220/DC14623) "Someone Else's Face in the Mirror: Identity and the New Science of Face Transplants" begins with the story of Isabelle Dinoire, the recipient of the first face...

BEAVERTON, Ore., Dec. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovative technology company ThatsMyFace.com launches a brand new product line just in time for last-minute Christmas shoppers looking for that one-of-a-kind present. By giving loved ones and friends a gift voucher from ThatsMyFace.com, customers can give the recipient the opportunity to immortalize themselves by ordering a photorealistic sculpture of their face. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081215/AQM128) There was a...

Developing strategies to mimic face-to-face interactionsIn a new article in the current issue of American Journal of Sociology authors Daniel A. Menchik and Xiaoli Tian (both of the University of Chicago) study how we use emoticons, subject lines, and signatures to define how we want to be interpreted in email. The authors find that "a shift to email interaction requires a new set of interactional skills to be developed."Unlike face-to-face conversations, email interactions leave...

French model and actress Laetitia Casta is to be the face of "Notorious," Ralph Lauren's newest women's fragrance, Ralph Lauren Fragrances announced Wednesday. The perfume debuts in the United States this month with a print campaign starring Casta, plus a "Notorious" commercial film, directed by Hong Kong-based filmmaker Wong Kar-wai, the company said. "Laetitia's glamor, daring and powerful femininity make her the perfect face for this seductive fragrance," Guillaume de Lesquen, president...

Unico, Incorporated (OTCBB: UNCO), a natural resource company in the precious metals mining sector, today announced the recent progress of underground rehabilitation work at the Deer Trail Mine in Marysvale, Utah. The Deer Trail Mine is operated by Unico's wholly owned Deer Trail Mining Company subsidiary. The Deer Trail Mining Company has reported that rehabilitation work on the upper Deer Trail Mine #3 tunnel has begun. The #3 tunnel was used between 1915 and 1942 as a way to extract...

By Amy NortonNEW YORK -- Electrical devices sold as over-the-counter alternatives to a face-lift fall far short of their claims, a study of two such products suggests.Ads for the devices, known as facial stimulators, say they offer a sort of non-surgical face-lift. The concept is that electrical stimulation of the facial muscles firms up the face and leads to a more youthful appearance -- similar to what's gained from surgery.But there is no biological basis for that claim, according to Dr....