People with autism spectrum disorder interpret facial expressions differently. Researchers have revealed more about how this comes to be. They induced abnormalities into a neural network model to ...

Realistic digital avatars are becoming increasingly relevant, for example in virtual and augmented reality applications, ...

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Researchers have invented an earphone that can continuously track full facial expressions by observing the contour of the cheeks - and can then translate expressions into emojis or silent speech ...

In the past decade, scientists have made the facial transplants a reality. Now, surgeons can give someone an entirely new, functioning face grafted from a deceased donor. But after these initial ...

Human beings are champions at spotting patterns, especially faces, in inanimate objects—think of the famous “face on Mars,” which is essentially a trick of light and shadow, in images taken by the ...