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Look-alikes are also more likely to share lifestyle traits.

Expressions of pain and orgasm are distinguishable, study finds.

The tool cannot predict a person’s face from DNA, say researchers—including some listed as coauthors on the publication. 

Dogs trained to stay still in an MRI machine show activity in the temporal cortex when shown a human face.

Other people’s faces are mapped onto our brains.

For assistance in solving crimes, a company has developed a service that will construct a face based on a genetic sample.

Once dominated by correlational studies, face-perception research is moving into the realm of experimentation—and gaining tremendous insight.

Ron Blackwell helps neuroscientists map the circuitry of face perception by letting them stimulate his brain with electricity.