What People Think of You Based on Your Photo
It’s impossible to deduce personality traits from a quick glance at a duckface iPhone photo. But a new study finds that, when it comes to first impressions, certain facial features do tend to convey...
View ArticleThe Mysterious Ancient Artifacts of Sanxingdui That Have Rewritten Chinese...
Amid the once-tranquil village of Sanxingdui, in a quiet part of Sichuan province in China, a remarkable discovery took place which immediately attracted international attention and has since rewritten...
View ArticleThe Introverted Face
In light of many recent articles touting people’s judgmental abilities, Olivola and Princeton University’s Friederike Funk and Alexander Todorov say that a careful look at the data really doesn’t...
View ArticleCan’t Tell a Smile From a Scowl? Get More Sleep
If you have trouble distinguishing friend from foe, you might not be getting enough sleep. A new study shows that sleep deprivation dulls our ability to accurately read facial expressions. The deficit...
View ArticleHow Dogs Know a Face When They See One
Dogs have a natural ability to process faces, a small study that put dogs in an fMRI machine shows. The discovery that dogs have neural machinery dedicated to face processing suggests the ability is...
View ArticleSome Cultures Say Memory Improves With Age
A new study tests the idea that traditional societies see aging in a more positive light than modern societies, a presumption supported by anecdotes and personal narratives but lacking systematic...
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