Face Recognition Can Vary From One Culture To Another
Posted on August 21, 2008 at 10:30 am.
Filed Under Really?, Science |
The way we recognize faces can say a lot about what culture we come from. This finding change the concept of the capability of face recognition is universal across the globe. According to this study, Westerners often concentrate on individual details of face, while East Asians focus on how details relate to each other.
When reading the expression Americans focus expression of a central figure and Japanese focus behind that central figure to gauge that person’s emotional state. Scientists used eye-tracking systems to monitor eye movements of participants. They have observed the difference in eye movements in Westerners and East Asian participants. They found that Westerners look at specific features on face such as the eyes and mouth and East Asian focus on the nose or the centre of the face. This allows them to get a general view of all the features.
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