We don t recognize people anymore.
Researchers at Ben-Gurion University say face masks are lowering the brain s ability to properly recognize and distinguish different faces. For those of you who don t always recognize a friend or acquaintance wearing a mask, you are not alone, according to the researchers Prof. Tzvi Ganel, head of the Laboratory for Visual Perception and Action at the BGU Department of Psychology, and Prof. Erez Freud, who earned his Ph.D. at BGU and is now a faculty member at York University in Toronto, Ontario.
The success rate of identifying someone wearing a mask was reduced by 15%. Researchers say the masks could be even more challenging to people whose face recognition skills are not ideal to begin with.
Researchers evaluate how masks disrupt facial perception ANI | Updated: Dec 21, 2020 20:55 IST
Beer-Sheva [Israel], December 21 (ANI): The identification of people wearing masks has often presented a unique challenge during the pandemic. A new study by researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Israel and York University in Canada reveals the impact of this predicament and its potentially significant repercussions.
The findings were just published in the journal Scientific Reports. For those of you who don t always recognize a friend or acquaintance wearing a mask, you are not alone, according to the researchers Prof. Tzvi Ganel, head of the Laboratory for Visual Perception and Action at the BGU Department of Psychology, and Prof. Erez Freud, who earned his PhD at BGU and is now a faculty member at York University in Toronto, Ontario.
Study examines how masks disrupt facial perception
The identification of people wearing masks has often presented a unique challenge during the pandemic. A new study by researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Israel and York University in Canada reveals the impact of this predicament and its potentially significant repercussions.
The findings were just published in the journal
Scientific Reports. For those of you who don t always recognize a friend or acquaintance wearing a mask, you are not alone, according to the researchers Prof. Tzvi Ganel, head of the Laboratory for Visual Perception and Action at the BGU Department of Psychology, and Prof. Erez Freud, who earned his Ph.D. at BGU and is now a faculty member at York University in Toronto, Ontario.
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BEER-SHEVA, Israel.December 21, 2020 - The identification of people wearing masks has often presented a unique challenge during the pandemic. A new study by researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Israel and York University in Canada reveals the impact of this predicament and its potentially significant repercussions.
The findings were just published in the journal
Scientific Reports.