[HTML][HTML] Face masks in the new COVID-19 normal: materials, testing, and perspectives

MH Chua, W Cheng, SS Goh, J Kong, B Li, JYC Lim… - Research, 2020 - spj.science.org
The increasing prevalence of infectious diseases in recent decades has posed a serious
threat to public health. Routes of transmission differ, but the respiratory droplet or airborne …

[HTML][HTML] Human face and gaze perception is highly context specific and involves bottom-up and top-down neural processing

M Hadders-Algra - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
This review summarizes human perception and processing of face and gaze signals. Face
and gaze signals are important means of non-verbal social communication. The review …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of facemasks on emotion recognition, trust attribution and re-identification

M Marini, A Ansani, F Paglieri, F Caruana, M Viola - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Covid-19 pandemics has fostered a pervasive use of facemasks all around the world. While
they help in preventing infection, there are concerns related to the possible impact of …

[HTML][HTML] The consequences of COVID-19 on social interactions: an online study on face covering

M Calbi, N Langiulli, F Ferroni, M Montalti… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed the nature of our social interactions. In
order to understand how protective equipment and distancing measures influence the ability …

The effect of face masks and sunglasses on identity and expression recognition with super-recognizers and typical observers

E Noyes, JP Davis, N Petrov… - Royal Society open …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Face masks present a new challenge to face identification (here matching) and emotion
recognition in Western cultures. Here, we present the results of three experiments that test …

[HTML][HTML] Wearing a face mask against Covid-19 results in a reduction of social distancing

A Cartaud, F Quesque, Y Coello - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
In the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, barrier gestures such as regular hand-washing,
social distancing, and wearing a face mask are highly recommended. Critically …

[HTML][HTML] Masked face emotion recognition based on facial landmarks and deep learning approaches for visually impaired people

M Mukhiddinov, O Djuraev, F Akhmedov… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Current artificial intelligence systems for determining a person's emotions rely heavily on lip
and mouth movement and other facial features such as eyebrows, eyes, and the forehead …

[HTML][HTML] Facial masks affect emotion recognition in the general population and individuals with autistic traits

F Pazhoohi, L Forby, A Kingstone - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Facial expressions, and the ability to recognize these expressions, have evolved in humans
to communicate information to one another. Face masks are equipment used in healthcare …

Step: Spatial temporal graph convolutional networks for emotion perception from gaits

U Bhattacharya, T Mittal, R Chandra… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - ojs.aaai.org
We present a novel classifier network called STEP, to classify perceived human emotion
from gaits, based on a Spatial Temporal Graph Convolutional Network (ST-GCN) …

[HTML][HTML] How does the presence of a surgical face mask impair the perceived intensity of facial emotions?

M Tsantani, V Podgajecka, KLH Gray, R Cook - PLoS One, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The use of surgical-type face masks has become increasingly common during the COVID-19
pandemic. Recent findings suggest that it is harder to categorise the facial expressions of …