MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'faces'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:01:06 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5050678&cid=t_107335_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebase.com%2Fscience-blog%2Fcaricatures-and-face-recognition.html – The “Ugly, pretty girls” post and video I blogged the other day got lots of interest. It seems face recognition and perception of faces is a fascinating subject for many people. Not surprising, really. Even in this digital age, face to face still beats any electronic interaction. Anyway, Wired have taken up this face recognition issue and report some interesting facts about how and why caricatures are so much more recognisable than the original face. Our brains are incredibly agile machines, says Ben Austen, and it’s hard to think of anything they do more efficiently than recognize faces. Within hours of our birth, we can recognise face-like patterns. It takes the adult brain just 100 milliseconds to recognise such a pattern as a face. Neuroscientists now believe... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5050678 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:16:43 +0100 5050678 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4517168&cid=t_107335_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Ffaces-of-medical-error-the-story-of-michael-skolnik%2F2011.02.24 I was very sad and quite angry after watching a powerful video this weekend entitled ”The Faces of Medical Error: From Tears to Transparency.” It’s the story of Michael Skolnik. His mother, Patty, gave me the video when I met her recently. Michael had what may have been unnecessary brain surgery in 2001 and died three years later. The Skolniks worked on this video as part of an educational campaign on medical error, and they created an organization now named Citizens for Patient Safety. Here’s a trailer to the video: You can also watch a Today Show segment that profiled the Skolniks from a few years ago: While much of the message is about medical errors and malpractice, the Skolniks also promote a message of the “critical need for shared decision-making.&#... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4517168 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:00:53 +0100 4517168 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4459986&cid=t_107335_99_f&fid=35344&url=http%3A%2F%2Fzackarysholemberger.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F02%2Fbanal-midrash.html Are Velveteen Rabbi's "Torah poems" any good? My review gives the answer. (Source: Zackary Sholem Berger) Zackary Sholem Berger blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4459986 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 17:23:00 +0100 4459986 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3958064&cid=t_107335_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Ffaces-voices-of-recovery%2F United States Mission Faces & Voices of Recovery is committed to organizing and mobilizing the millions of Americans in long-term recovery from alcohol and other drug addiction, our families, friends, and allies to speak with one voice. Our organization is dedicated to changing public perceptions of recovery, promoting effective public policy in Washington and in all 50 states, and demonstrating that recovery is working for millions of Americans. It is our collective strength that will ensure our success, and it is our mission to bring the power and proof of recovery to everyone in America. Goals Faces & Voices of Recovery is a national organization of individuals and organizations joining together to supports local, state, regional and national recovery advocacy by increasing acce... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3958064 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:51:38 +0100 3958064 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3714250&cid=t_107335_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F06%2F30%2Fis-he-checking-you-out%2F How do you know if someone is checking you out? New research suggests that it may have something to do with how masculine or feminine a face looks. Women were able to more quickly determine whether someone was looking at them when that person’s face was more masculine. The same is true with men, except they could make the determination more quickly when the face was more feminine. Men were no quicker in determining gaze direction when looking at other men’s faces, nor were women able to more quickly determine gaze direction when looking at other women’s faces. This, the researchers say, suggests an evolutionary component is at work for mate selection. Jones [the researcher] speculates that this ability to perceive things about attractive people faster may have been usefu... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3714250 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:12:56 +0100 3714250 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3223493&cid=t_107335_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2FoucdRTdMCGE%2F United States Mission Faces & Voices of Recovery is committed to organizing and mobilizing the millions of Americans in long-term recovery from alcohol and other drug addiction, our families, friends, and allies to speak with one voice. Our organization is dedicated to changing public perceptions of recovery, promoting effective public policy in Washington and in all 50 states, and demonstrating that recovery is working for millions of Americans. It is our collective strength that will ensure our success, and it is our mission to bring the power and proof of recovery to everyone in America. Goals Faces & Voices of Recovery is a national organization of individuals and organizations joining together to supports local, state, regional and national recovery advocacy by increasing acce... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3223493 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:10:26 +0100 3223493 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3048173&cid=t_107335_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F12%2F02%2Fbelieve-in-you%2F What do you see when you look at yourself in the mirror? Do you feel confident or do you shrink away from it as soon as you can? Do you experience positive or neutral self-talk or do you start to notice doubt whispering or screaming at you? How you answer those questions helps to determine how you feel about yourself. The key to confidence is believing in you. So what exactly is doubt? Doubt is thinking about yourself in a negative, vulnerable way or thinking you’re not equipped to handle things when the facts show otherwise. Doubt causes you to stop actively participating in life and enjoying the world around you because you get stuck in your own head. You get bogged down internally by self-criticism, second-guessing, and analyzing the unlikely less than favorable outcomes of situa... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3048173 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:33:02 +0100 3048173 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2876333&cid=t_107335_137_f&fid=35426&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheAlzheimersReadingRoom%2F%7E3%2FYCMPljsWYC8%2Ffaces-of-alzheimers.html By Angil Tarach Alzheimer's Reading Room When I was first introduced to the Alzheimer’s Reading Room, I have to say the first time I saw the facial logo, distorted in nature, I thought it was a little creepy. With more thought, I understand this logo on a much deeper level. It really isn’t the face that’s distorted but the view of how the general public sees a person afflicted with Alzheimer’s. Unless you are personally close to a person with Alzheimer’s, or are one of the special people who work with Alzheimer’s patients, and understand the disease, you most likely see the person as a disease, rather than a person with a disease. I would like to help clarify the faces of Alzheimer’s, in an effort to clear the distortion. This disease is like any physical disease, such a... Alzheimer's Reading Room, The blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2876333 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:42:52 +0100 2876333 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2517217&cid=t_107335_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Fthe-truth-its-written-all-over-your-face%2F Would I lie to you? Maybe, but the truth, according to David Matsumoto, Ph.D., a psychologist at San Francisco State University in San Francisco, Calif., will be written all over my face. It might not be easy to see, but it’s there. Dr. Matsumoto, who has made a career out of focusing not on what people say but what the face itself says, works with police and experts around the world to find the truth by reading faces.  It’s a fascinating topic that’s become even more interesting since the arrival of the television show Lie to Me, based on the work of Paul Ekman, which is turning all of us into amateur face readers. And let’s face it, there’s plenty of scope of practice, especially with all the television interviews featuring politicians and celebrities. Af... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2517217 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:18:02 +0100 2517217 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2447711&cid=t_107335_109_f&fid=34730&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychiatrist-blog.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F05%2Fwipe-that-smile-off-your-face.html "You may not smile in Arkansas, Indiana, Nevada, or Virginia." At least, not if you are getting your driver's license photo taken.Apparently, they use photo detection software to compare faces for identity fraud purposes. And smiling thwarts the computer.Is it even legal (or constitutional) to require drivers to not smile? Can they frown? Stick out their tongues? Look cross-eyed? (Interesting face research where you can combine 2 faces; and a blog on pics of faces in places; and make your own Flash face like Mr Potato Head).I supposed DMV would prefer folks who are depressed when they get their photo taken, to keep the computers happy. One man's downer is another machine's Prozac.Just bizarre.----- Listen to our latest podcast at mythreeshrinks.com or subscribe to our rss feed. (Source: Sh... Shrink Rap blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2447711 Sat, 30 May 2009 12:30:00 +0100 2447711 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2441258&cid=t_107335_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Fsuper-recognizers-never-forget-a-face%2F How good are you at recognizing faces? Would you be able to recognize, say for example, a waitress that served you once five years ago? Or  someone at the checkout counter at the grocery store you visited while on holiday in, say, California a decade ago? If the answer is no, then you are like most of the population that sits in the middle of the face recognition spectrum. But if the answer is yes, then you are probably a ’super-recognizer’. It’s a term coined  by Harvard researchers  following a recent study they conducted on face recognition. They administered  standardized face recognition tests to a group of participants and discovered  that some people scored way above average on these tests. Of course, there are also, around 2% of the population,  tho... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2441258 Sat, 23 May 2009 01:38:17 +0100 2441258 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2324242&cid=t_107335_133_f&fid=35124&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Faspergerwoman%2F%7E3%2FC636Q9jUbfU%2Fautism-adults-pictureproject.html I think they are all great to have the courage to have their picture published on this website. It’s the Autism Adults Picture Project I am talking of.After all there is nothing to be ashamed of being a human being with autism. So one day I might join them. It so good to see that autism indeed has many faces. It's a great way to make people aware about autism as well.Click on the title of this blogpost to be forwarded. Enjoy! (Source: The Art of Being Asperger Woman) The Art of Being Asperger Woman blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2324242 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 06:21:00 +0100 2324242 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2160934&cid=t_107335_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F531109474%2F You may have watched the new series Lie To Me, with Tim Roth, based on the work of Paul Ekman. The second episode, which you can watch for free via Hulu.com Here, is pretty interesting, but the best part happens in the beginning, so you only need to watch a few minutes to learn why what are called "lie detectors" are nothing but biofeedback systems that measure physiological anxiety. Biofeedback can be a very effective training tool for emotional self-regulation and stress management, precisely because it enables a faster feedback-based learning loop. Indeed, we are seeing a growing number of applications in the market, with names such as EmWave, StressEraser, RESPeRATE, Journey to the Wild Divine, and others. Simply, don't believe the technology is an effective lie detector. Car... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2160934 Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:41:58 +0100 2160934 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1945210&cid=t_107335_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbolt.net%2F2008%2F11%2F08%2Fhealthbolt-funtimes-the-many-faces-of-broccoli%2F Can you see what I see? There are tiny faces staring back at you… For a close up of these tiny faces head on over to bread & honey who not only have some macro shots but also the full story on why the broccoli have faces.. Don’t know about you, but I’ll never look at frozen food packages the same ever again. (photo published with permission from photographer Alicia Lynn Carrier) Tags: bread & honey, broccoli, broccoli faces, Cascadian Farm, Healthbolt, healthbolt funtimes, illusions, optical illusionsShare This (Source: Healthbolt) Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1945210 Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:29:16 +0100 1945210 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1733879&cid=t_107335_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F08%2F25%2Fdoes-culture-shape-how-we-look-at-faces%2F According to the breathless proclamations of the researchers of a recently published study (and also a Wired Science news report on the same), you’d think so. Until you look at how the study was designed. Research results are fantastic things — they have the ability to add to our knowledge on a subject of interest. But we’re seeing a growing trend that is not being managed well by many journals these days — the trend of generalizing from data to conclusions that can’t be drawn from the study conducted. And journal editors, such as those at PLoS ONE aren’t reining in such bold statements as these (taken from the current study): These results demonstrate that face processing can no longer be considered as arising from a universal series of perceptual ev... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1733879 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:34:39 +0100 1733879 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1625674&cid=t_107335_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F336542155%2F Some aspects of autism do run in families, according to a new study about how parents of autistic children process facial expressions. As noted in today’s Science Daily, neuroscientist Ralph Adolphs of the California Institute of Technology and psychiatrist Joe Piven at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill studied 42 parents of autistic children and found that some of the parents evaluated facial expressions in ways similar to autistic individuals. 15 of the parents were classified as “aloof”—not preferring interactions with others or having “few close friendships involving sharing and mutual support”— according to psychological testing. The parents participated in an experiment that measured how they make use of the face to judge emotio... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1625674 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:36:52 +0100 1625674 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1582323&cid=t_107335_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F07%2F06%2Fvoting-for-a-face%2F Ann Ryman for the Arizona Republic has an interesting piece summarizing the research examining how looks influence votes. Here are a few excerpts. * * * A growing body of research supports the notion that a candidate’s attempts to establish himself as a powerful leader can be helped or hurt by his facial features. Appearance is not, of course, the sole factor that sways voters, but experts who have studied the link between faces and people’s perceptions say we place more emphasis on looks than we think. Facial structure can play a role in how trustworthy, strong and charismatic we perceive someone to be, said Caroline Keating, a psychology professor at Colgate University who studies facial structure and perceptions of power. * * * “One reason why it’s so important f... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1582323 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:08:55 +0100 1582323 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1414906&cid=t_107335_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbolt.net%2F2008%2F05%2F01%2Fweird-deformity-du-jour%2F First there was the Tree Man. There there was the baby with two faces. Now, backwards, upside-down feet? Oh yeah. Now let’s be clear that we are in no way, no how poking any kind of fun at these poor people. But it’s just amazing to see the different ways the body can betray itself, is it not? Of course it is. So next up in our Weird Deformity Breakdown is Jingle Luis, a 15-year-old girl from the Philippines who was born with feet clubbed so badly they twist backwards and upside down (see a photo slideshow at MSN.com) Today, Jingle had surgery to begin correction on her feet at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx. And while clubfoot occurs in about one in 1,000 births, treatment usually begins before the condition gets anywhere near as far as Jingle’s. The problem? Ji... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1414906 Fri, 02 May 2008 03:52:22 +0100 1414906 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1364904&cid=t_107335_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbolt.net%2F2008%2F04%2F10%2Fbaby-gives-new-meaning-to-the-phrase-two-faced%2F Have you seen the photos of one-month-old Lali Singh, the baby girl born with two faces? (Here is a slideshow of baby Lali, from Yahoo Health in case you haven’t). Isn’t this the most unusual thing? I hate to say that anomalies such as Siamese twins are status quo these days, but truly, we’ve seen plenty of those images and, while still engrossing, they don’t shock us quite as much as maybe they used to. But this! Two faces on the same head? Amazing! Aside from ears, baby Lali has two sets of every other facial feature: eyes, nose, and lips. She suffers from a rare condition called craniofacial duplication, but the villagers where Lali was born in northern India don’t view her as a freak - they believe she is the reincarnation of the Hindu goddess, Durga. Hund... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1364904 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:22:38 +0100 1364904 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1207315&cid=t_107335_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F02%2F05%2Fsurrounded-by-clocks-but-no-time%2F I looked around my desk today and realized I have about 5 clock faces staring back at me. Not because I’m a crazy person holed up in a world of clocks (although now I’m beginning to wonder…), but because clocks seem to be an added component of other, largely unrelated things. There’s one on my computer screen, always reminding me of how little I’ve done today. There’s one I got from Ireland, in an ornate, hand-carved base. I bought the clock for the base — the clock itself is just some cheap, made-in-china timepiece. The clock on my weather station leaves me scratching my head a little (I need the weather forecast, not the time!). To say nothing about the clocks on my wrist or in my pocket on my cell phone. But the worst clock of them all is the ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1207315 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:13:44 +0100 1207315 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1031328&cid=t_107335_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F185622296%2F Paul Ekman has conducted extensive research on identifying emotions through facial expressions. As part of that research, and as part of the power of discipline and training, he learned how to consciously manipulate 42 facial muscles, including many that in most of us are beyond our control, and even awareness. In the 60s and 70s when Ekman began looking into the universality of facial expressions, all the major contemporary social scientists, like Margaret Mead, believed that expressions were culturally learned, not innate. He proceeded traveled all over the world with pictures of people making distinct facial expressions and found people in cultures everywhere, from modern to stone age, agreed on the emotion behind the expression. He then turned to studying the production of these exp... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1031328 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:26:43 +0100 1031328 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=976473&cid=t_107335_134_f&fid=36049&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FDiabetesNotes%2F%7E3%2F174350620%2F The Meet the Face of Change exhibit is now complete and will be kicking off its five-city tour in New York’s Bryant Park this Friday, October 26. Meet the Face of Change is a national traveling photo exhibit that honors and showcases those with type 2 diabetes who are embracing change as part of a successful strategy for living with diabetes. This is a great opportunity to celebrate how life can be full while living with diabetes. The exhibit producer and author of the book series “Day in the Life”, Rick Smolan, will be on site to discuss and answer any questions. If you get a chance to attend one of the exhibits, let me know about your experience. Here are the dates and locations below…   New York – Bryant Park October 26- November 2 Atlanta – Woodruff ... Diabetes Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=976473 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:43:16 +0100 976473 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=873739&cid=t_107335_88_f&fid=34857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscalpelorsword.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F09%2Fbaby-face-md.html Ten out of Ten has a great post about the drawbacks of being a young physician (or at least looking like one). I used to get irritated with those sorts of patient comments too, but after about the thousandth time I guess I got used to it."How long have you been a doctor?" - "Hmmmm.... about 6 weeks now.""You don't look old enough to be a doctor."- "It's just good clean living, ma'am.""Have you done this before?"- "Well, I've seen it done a couple of times. Just bear with me.""Where did you go to medical school?"- "Aruba. Those American schools are WAY too competitive.""What's your specialty going to be?"- "This is my specialty. Fixing people." (Source: Scalpel or Sword?) Scalpel or Sword? blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=873739 Sat, 15 Sep 2007 07:25:00 +0100 873739 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=852731&cid=t_107335_151_f&fid=35793&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thejunkyswife.com%2F2007%2F09%2Fprobably-doing-ho-stuff-cause-there-you.html Remember this? I can't stop watching it. It's like the first 50 lines of a Shakespeare play... (Source: Heroin Addiction Codependence) Heroin Addiction Codependence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=852731 Sat, 08 Sep 2007 15:12:00 +0100 852731 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=707214&cid=t_107335_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F129348306%2Ffive_faces_of_effective_facili.html Recently, I facilitated a group of leaders in Upstate New York -- where I laid out and modeled five principles of facilitation. Quite frankly I expected this rather set leadership group to be more skeptical …  or expect a lecture about our topic - the human brain in today's worplace.Instead - people showed amazing openness to the facilitation method, where we developed practical plans together to use more brainpower in their workplaces. Over years of facilitating and learning from leadership groups of all sizes and purposes – I discovered what I call …  Five faces of effective facilitators … 1. Curious and open to new angles of any topic raised. Facilitators follow an agenda with space reserved under each topic for part... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=707214 Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:22:08 +0100 707214 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=501835&cid=t_107335_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F104545731%2F Difficulty reading and interpreting facial expressions is often said to be a feature of autism according to the DMS-IV; software, various online games, and other products have and are being developed to teach autistic children how to “read” faces. As noted in today’s Phys.org, a study by University of Nottingham researchers rather suggests that autistic children are able to interpret “mentalistic” states when facial expressions are animated (previous studies have used static photographs). Further, autistic children seem to be particularly reliant on the eyes and mouth when making such interpretations: Researchers edited images so that different parts of the face (eyes and mouth) remained static and neutral. This technique, known as “freezing,” created seam... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=501835 Mon, 26 Mar 2007 20:15:47 +0100 501835