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Prosopometamorphopsia (PMO [1]), also known as demon face syndrome, [2] is a visual disorder characterized by altered perceptions of faces. In the perception of a person with the disorder, facial features are distorted in a variety of ways including drooping, swelling, discoloration, and shifts of position.
Facial cysts, related to ingrown beard hairs or clogged sweat glands, may cause facial swelling, Dr. Lee says. “These can appear as swollen areas of the skin, which fluctuate in size and can ...
Face recognition involves configural information to process faces holistically. However, object recognition does not use configural information to form a holistic representation. Instead, each part of the object is processed independently to allow it to be recognised. This is known as a featural recognition method. [13]
Face recognition has been leveraged as a form of biometric authentication for various computing platforms and devices; [37] Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" added facial recognition using a smartphone's front camera as a means of unlocking devices, [66] [67] while Microsoft introduced face recognition login to its Xbox 360 video game console ...
"Cortisol face" is a viral term to describe facial swelling, allegedly caused by high levels of cortisol. Can stress cause a puffy face? Experts weigh in and debunk the condition.
Super recogniser" is a term coined in 2009 by Harvard and University College London researchers for people with significantly better-than-average face recognition ability. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Super recognisers are able to memorise and recall thousands of faces, often having seen them only once.
Physiognomy as it is understood today is a subject of renewed scientific interest, especially as it relates to machine learning and facial recognition technology. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The main interest for scientists today are the risks, including privacy concerns, of physiognomy in the context of facial recognition algorithms.
Prosopagnosia, [2] also known as face blindness, [3] is a cognitive disorder of face perception in which the ability to recognize familiar faces, including one's own face (self-recognition), is impaired, while other aspects of visual processing (e.g., object discrimination) and intellectual functioning (e.g., decision-making) remain intact.