Mirrors and mirages
On recognition of facial emotions and its automated reading[hr]
The recognition of facial emotions is, literally, a child’s game. Since very young, all babies learn to distinguish the mood of their parents scrutinizing their faces. They immediately recognize if their parents are happy or angry, if their faces express disgust or surprise. Learning is quick and easy because the reading of facial gestures is a human capacity that seems indelibly etched with the burin genetic. We see faces in clouds, spots and everywhere: that is how our nature is. The brain develops this ability without apparent effort and therefore in general we find relatively easy to detect when a person we know is, for example, concerned. (más…)