Abstract Objects constitute the fundamental currency of our consciousness: they are the
things that we perceive, remember and think about. One of the most important objects for a …

The ability to recognize faces is an important socio-cognitive skill that is associated with a
number of cognitive specializations in humans. While numerous studies have examined the …

We are on the cusp of creating realistic, interactive, fully rendered human faces on
computers that transcend the “uncanny valley,” widely known for capturing the phenomenon …

In many ways, of course, the answer to the question “Are faces special?” is obvious. There is
no doubt that faces are special functionally—that is, faces provide unique information about …

Typical human adults recognize numerous individuals from their faces accurately, rapidly
and automatically, reaching a level of expertise at individual face recognition that is …

Individual recognition (IR) is essential for maintaining various social interactions in a group,
and face recognition is one of the most specialised cognitive abilities in IR. We used both a …

Cognitive abilities likely evolved in response to specific environmental and social
challenges and are therefore expected to be specialized for the life history of each species …

How do chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes, the species with the closest evolutionary connection
to humans, view faces? This study is the first to use the eye-tracking method to perform direct …

Nonhuman primates posses a highly developed capacity for face recognition, which
resembles the human capacity both cognitively and neurologically. Face recognition is …

Abstract The 40-year-old Uncanny Valley theory is influential in the discussion surrounding
acceptance of realistic graphical agents. This theory was formulated by observing robots …