Studies of eye movements have persistently revealed a systematic triangular sequence of fixations over the eye and the mouth, with dominance to the eyes e.g., [3], [4] [7], suggesting that the presence of a face triggers a universal, biologically-determined information extraction pattern.
The decision not to obscure their faces triggered an angry response from the Ministry of Defence.
As a result whenever there was a new traffic system that needed trialling – triple anti-clockwise mini-roundabouts, reactive traffic lights, annoying roadside signs with happy or sad faces triggered by your speed – it was introduced first in Reading.
Researchers scanned the brains of subjects looking at non-rotated emoticons like ¯\__/¯, and digitally averaged photos of faces and found that while the photos of faces triggered both facial recognition and emotional recognition areas of the brain, the emoticons lit up only emotional recognition areas.
By using scalp electrodes to record electrical activity in the brain as the infants viewed images on a screen, De Heering and Rossion showed that photographs of human faces triggered a distinct pattern of electrical activity in the right hemisphere: this pattern was clearly different to the patterns triggered by photographs of animals or objects.
First, the recogniser's exposure to diverse views of familiar faces triggers the structural encoding of invariant configurations of facial features.
Abrupt removal of the familiar face triggers distress.
Other threats may be more certain, such as conflict in the Middle East, terrorism or clashes with rogue or failed states, yet "none but a collision with China would be as massive and devastating," Ms Tucker suggests.Since 1995, China has been engaged in a rapid military build-up on the coast facing Taiwan, triggered by the then President Lee's visit to his alma mater, Cornell University.
A previous study suggested that the about-face was triggered by gradual changes in the flow of hot, viscous rock deep beneath the South American continent.
Nothing like having a glorious noble door slammed in your face to trigger an obsession.
In a subplot, rainwater falls onto Lucas's face, which triggers a flashback where he was tortured by FSB interrogators during his eight-year imprisonment in Russia.
