Some maintain that dogs often tend to look like their owners (and vice versa). If you subscribe to that viewpoint, you might also go on to ask – ‘Which part of the face is critical for such an impression to arise?’ This question has been tackled in new research published in the latest edition of […]
Tag: eyes
Certain questions about eye examinations in England
Investigator Adrian Smith alerts us to this pair of studies which, he says, “leaves some scope for further studies, not in England, however”: “Why don’t older adults in England go to have their eyes examined?” Darren Shickle and Marcus Griffin, Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 2014 Jan;34(1):38-45. “Why don’t younger adults in England go to have their eyes […]
Misinterpretable study title of the week: Eye Extraction
This week’s Misinterpretable Study Title of the Week is … ‘Extraction of Eyes for Facial Expression Identification of Students.’ The paper, in the International Journal of Engineering Science and Technology (IJEST), 2(7), 3024 – 3029. is authored by Dr. G.Sofia M.C.A,M.Phil.,(Ph.D) and Professor Dr. M.Mohamed Sathik, M.Sc., M.Phil., M.B.A., M.Tech., M.S., Ph.D. whom we recently featured […]
Robots and humans interact – part 1 of 3
Improbable takes a look at the RO-MAN Workshop 2012 – the 21st IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, which was held September 9-13, Paris, France. Part 1 : Avoiding a poke in the eye NOTE: No students were harmed during this experiment – conducted at the Academy for Safety Intelligence, Nagoya University, […]