Implicit processing of the eyes and mouth: Evidence from human electrophysiology [PDF]
The current study examined the time course of implicit processing of distinct facial features and the associate event-related potential (ERP) components.
Leo, Irene+2 more
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A survey on mouth modeling and analysis for Sign Language recognition [PDF]
© 2015 IEEE.Around 70 million Deaf worldwide use Sign Languages (SLs) as their native languages. At the same time, they have limited reading/writing skills in the spoken language.
Antonakos, E, Roussos, A, Zafeiriou, S
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Facial Component Detection in Thermal Imagery [PDF]
This paper studies the problem of detecting facial components in thermal imagery (specifically eyes, nostrils and mouth). One of the immediate goals is to enable the automatic registration of facial thermal images.
Binefa, Xavier+2 more
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Improvement of mouth functional disability in systemic sclerosis patients over one year in a trial of fat transplantation versus adipose-derived stromal cells [PDF]
Background. Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a multisystem disease characterized by cutaneous and visceral fibrosis. Face and mouth changes include telangiectasia, sicca syndrome, and thinning and reduction of mouth width (microcheilia) and opening ...
CARELLA, SARA+5 more
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Grounding abstractness: Abstract concepts and the activation of the mouth [PDF]
One key issue for theories of cognition is how abstract concepts, such as freedom, are represented. According to the WAT (Words As social Tools) proposal, abstract concepts activatebothsensorimotorandlinguistic/socialinformation ...
Borghi, ANNA MARIA, Zarcone, Edoardo
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National income inequality predicts cultural variation in mouth to mouth kissing [PDF]
Romantic mouth-to-mouth kissing is culturally widespread, although not a human universal, and may play a functional role in assessing partner health and maintaining long-term pair bonds.
Bolgan, Samuela+8 more
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Abstract, emotional and concrete concepts and the activation of mouth-hand effectors [PDF]
According to embodied and grounded theories, concepts are grounded in sensorimotor systems. The majority of evidence supporting these views concerns concepts referring to objects or actions, while evidence on abstract concepts is more scarce.
Benassi, Mariagrazia+4 more
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Examining the relationship between language divergence and word-of-mouth intentions [PDF]
More than half the countries in the world are multilingual, and more than half the world’s consumers speak more than one language. Thus, bilingual consumers often receive services provided in a second or nonnative language.
Holmqvist, Jonas, Van Vaerenbergh, Yves
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The effect of caffeine mouth rinse on self-paced cycling performance [PDF]
The aim of the study was to determine whether caffeine mouth rinse would improve 30 min self-paced cycling trial. Twelve healthy active males (age 20.5±0.7 years, mass 87.4±18.3 kg) volunteered for the study.
Barry, G.+8 more
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Menthol mouth rinsing: An applied perspective [PDF]
With the Tokyo Olympics rapidly approaching, and increasing global temperatures, applied nutrition practitioners and supporting scientists are looking for ways to physiologically cool their athletes, but the value of perceptual cooling is also gaining a ...
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