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  2. Physiognomy - Wikipedia

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    Physiognomy (from Greek φύσις (physis) 'nature' and γνώμων (gnomon) 'judge, interpreter') or face reading is the practice of assessing a person's character or personality from their outer appearance—especially the face.

  3. Object recognition (cognitive science) - Wikipedia

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    The brain region that specifies in facial recognition is the fusiform face area. Prosopagnosia can also be divided into apperceptive and associative subtypes. Recognition of individual chairs, cars, animals can also be impaired; therefore, these object share similar perceptual features with the face that are recognized in the fusiform face area ...

  4. Facial recognition system - Wikipedia

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    Facial recognition software at a US airport Automatic ticket gate with face recognition system in Osaka Metro Morinomiya Station. A facial recognition system [1] is a technology potentially capable of matching a human face from a digital image or a video frame against a database of faces.

  5. Science fair - Wikipedia

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    A science fair or engineering fair is an event hosted by a school that offers students the opportunity to experience the practices of science and engineering for themselves. In the United States, the Next Generation Science Standards makes experiencing the practices of science and engineering one of the three pillars of science education.

  6. Prosopagnosia - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Cognitive categorization - Wikipedia

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    Categorization is a type of cognition involving conceptual differentiation between characteristics of conscious experience, such as objects, events, or ideas.It involves the abstraction and differentiation of aspects of experience by sorting and distinguishing between groupings, through classification or typification [1] [2] on the basis of traits, features, similarities or other criteria that ...

  8. Why Experts Say Knowing Your Face Shape Could Change Your ...

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    "You could see a diamond-shaped face, and someone else would call it an oblong face," says Dr. Tripathi. "There's a more gaunt temple area, more width to the mid-face, and then a narrower lower face."

  9. Biometrics - Wikipedia

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    Jain et al. (1999) [6] identified seven such factors to be used when assessing the suitability of any trait for use in biometric authentication. Biometric authentication is based upon biometric recognition which is an advanced method of recognising biological and behavioural characteristics of an Individual.