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Learning a face space for experiments on human identity [PDF]
, 2018 Generative models of human identity and appearance have broad applicability to behavioral science and technology, but the exquisite sensitivity of human face perception means that their utility hinges on the alignment of the model's representation to ...
Griffiths, Thomas L. +2 more
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Fossil Hegemony and Capitalist Realism in Tropic of Orange
Future Humanities, Volume 4, Issue 1, May 2026.ABSTRACT This article examines Karen Tei Yamashita's Tropic of Orange (1997) through the lens of Mark Fisher's influential concept ‘capitalist realism’. Scholars of petrofiction have pointed to a political ambivalence in the representation of fossil fuels, where a better understanding of fossil capital can overwhelm as much as galvanize.
Claire Ravenscroft
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Narrating Entanglement Without Dehumanisation in Contemporary Eco‐Fiction
Future Humanities, Volume 4, Issue 1, May 2026.ABSTRACT This essay presents a comparative analysis of two contemporary works of eco‐fiction, Richard Powers's The Overstory (2018) and Eleanor Catton's Birnam Wood (2023). Both novels use multiperspective narration in the service of entanglement narratives, forms of storytelling that emphasise the interconnection of human and nonhuman life.
Diana Rose Newby
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Subsistence Through Disappearance: Theology of the Unseen in the Films of Michelangelo Antonioni
Future Humanities, Volume 4, Issue 1, May 2026.ABSTRACT The present study contends that the theology of Michelangelo Antonioni's 1960s cinema is structured by a reductio ad absurdum logic, whereby the presence of certain qualities is proven by the portrayal of their absence. It is argued that Antonioni's intention to show what is by specifying what is not may have been rooted in a modernist ...
Vuk Uskoković
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Positive Freedom and the Social Meaning of Money
Journal of Applied Philosophy, Volume 43, Issue 2, Page 491-506, May 2026.ABSTRACT Semiotic objections to markets hold that buying and selling certain things – for example, sex, body parts, votes, surrogacy services – expresses that those things are fungible with money, which has only profane value. This article offers a more fundamental challenge to semiotic critiques of markets.
Andrew Allison +2 more
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ExpressionBot: An Emotive Lifelike Robotic Face for Face-to-Face Communication
, 2014 This article proposes an emotive lifelike robotic face, called ExpressionBot, that is designed to support verbal and non-verbal communication between the robot and humans, with the goal of closely modeling the dynamics of natural face-to-face ...
Borts, Eric +6 more
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Fiction Book Reading and Wellbeing: In‐Depth Insights From Children
Journal of Research in Reading, Volume 49, Issue 2, May 2026.ABSTRACT Background The relationship between book reading and psychological wellbeing is gaining interest among those working in research, policy and practice, as we seek to better understand whether, and how, reading can support wellbeing. Yet, wellbeing has historically been poorly defined within reading research, and we lack a nuanced understanding ...
Nicola K. Currie +4 more
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British Journal of Psychology, Volume 117, Issue 2, Page 725-740, May 2026.Abstract First impressions formed from facial appearance predict important social outcomes. Existing models of these impressions indicate they are underpinned by dimensions of Valence and Dominance, and are typically derived by applying data reduction methods to explicit ratings of faces for a range of traits.
Alex L. Jones +2 more
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The Usage and Evaluation of Anthropomorphic Form in Robot Design [PDF]
, 2009 There are numerous examples illustrating the application of human shape in everyday products. Usage of anthropomorphic form has long been a basic design strategy, particularly in the design of intelligent service robots.
Choi, Jeong-gun, Kim, Myungsuk
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Neuroaesthetics: Evolutionary Thinking in Facial Aesthetic Medicine
Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, Volume 25, Issue 5, May 2026.ABSTRACT Background Facial aesthetic medicine has traditionally emphasized proportion, symmetry, and structural harmony based on anatomic and cultural ideals. However, rigid adherence to these principles may contribute to overcorrected, unnatural outcomes, challenging perceptions of authenticity.
Steven Dayan, Sabrina Fabi
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