Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Saturday, July 26, 2014
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I am slowly starting to discover that there is no way to avoid the large amount of pain which will come from the molasses like progress I am making in PsychoPy.
Thursday, July 24, 2014
Coincidental
No joke... not even 2 seconds after I published that last post people came in to get their picture taken. YESSSS!!!!!
Programming Problems....
Alex and I have finally figured out how we are going to start our project... however its proving to be a challenge. I downloaded a program called PsychoPy which apparently you need actual programming skills to figure out, of which I have none... so I went to Vicky for some help. She gave me a lot of information and a book to teach me Python programming. I am currently attempting to download a computer program called Canopy in order to practice, but my computer seems to be rebelling against me and is not taking to it. Over all, I have a lot more to do if I am to become moderately okay at programming in the next 3 weeks.
On another note, I am a little bummed that the candy was failure.... we only had 10 or 11 people come get their photos taken.
On another note, I am a little bummed that the candy was failure.... we only had 10 or 11 people come get their photos taken.
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Interview
Today was the day! Alex and I talked to Dr. Nakayama about our project, and it went well. It was extremely nerve racking though... to the point I was happy he could understand me through all of my stammering. He gave us many ideas on how to improve our project and get the most reliable data, and he also suggested that we retake our pictures. We are going to do this whole process over starting at 9:30 AM this Thursday. Hopefully we will have a good turn out. I emailed all of the CIS inters, staff, and REU students telling them to come on down, and offering free candy as incentive... I hope it works!
Back to Dr. Nakayama- during our talk he kept stressing how new of territory we are stepping into and that facial recognition has so many aspects yet to be discovered. And I, being the dreamer that I am, am hoping for an amazing discovery.
Along with Dr. Nakayama, Dr. Herbert also agreed to meet us and look at our project. This meeting will take place tomorrow at 11... I hope we impress him!
Wish us luck....
Back to Dr. Nakayama- during our talk he kept stressing how new of territory we are stepping into and that facial recognition has so many aspects yet to be discovered. And I, being the dreamer that I am, am hoping for an amazing discovery.
Along with Dr. Nakayama, Dr. Herbert also agreed to meet us and look at our project. This meeting will take place tomorrow at 11... I hope we impress him!
Wish us luck....
Monday, July 21, 2014
Another Day Faceless...
We desperately need faces.... PLEASE COME GET YOUR PICTURE TAKEN!!!
In other news, Alex and I have gotten our abstract pretty much figured out. Suggestions and comments would be really appreciated!
Today I looked up a ton of articles that were written by Dr. Nakayama and other psychologists. If anyone wants to check one out click NAKAYAMA! They are very interesting and not nearly as confusing as the astronomy articles Alex and I read, and they will hopefully prepare us for our interview with him.... which is tomorrow. We brainstormed questions to ask him and really think this is going to be a fantastic advancement in our research, especially seeing how he wrote in his Harvard-professor-bio-page-thing: "I have become interested in the perception and recognition of faces... In the future, I hope that the study of faces will help us understand social perception and cognition, illuminating how we represent other humans at a non-verbal level." Perfect man for us...? I THINK SO.
Wish us luck!!
In other news, Alex and I have gotten our abstract pretty much figured out. Suggestions and comments would be really appreciated!
Today I looked up a ton of articles that were written by Dr. Nakayama and other psychologists. If anyone wants to check one out click NAKAYAMA! They are very interesting and not nearly as confusing as the astronomy articles Alex and I read, and they will hopefully prepare us for our interview with him.... which is tomorrow. We brainstormed questions to ask him and really think this is going to be a fantastic advancement in our research, especially seeing how he wrote in his Harvard-professor-bio-page-thing: "I have become interested in the perception and recognition of faces... In the future, I hope that the study of faces will help us understand social perception and cognition, illuminating how we represent other humans at a non-verbal level." Perfect man for us...? I THINK SO.
Wish us luck!!
Understanding Facial Recognition
New and hopefully improved abstract:
Carrying out seemingly trivial tasks, such as facial recognition, can trigger our minds to perform surprisingly complex procedures. Our objective is to develop a greater understanding of the perceptual, cognitive, and motor skills which are employed in facial recognition. By manipulating photos of faces and tracking how an observer visually assessed a face, we aimed to identify the prominent facial features used in facial recognition, and to discover differences in recognition patterns as a result of variation in familiarity and gender. With a better understanding of the deductive skills that go with the process of facial recognition, we will be capable of assisting in many areas, such as police work (legitimizing eye witness testimonies) and disability assistance (Alzheimer's disease and prosopagnosia).
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Carrying out seemingly trivial tasks, such as facial recognition, can trigger our minds to perform surprisingly complex procedures. Our objective is to develop a greater understanding of the perceptual, cognitive, and motor skills which are employed in facial recognition. By manipulating photos of faces and tracking how an observer visually assessed a face, we aimed to identify the prominent facial features used in facial recognition, and to discover differences in recognition patterns as a result of variation in familiarity and gender. With a better understanding of the deductive skills that go with the process of facial recognition, we will be capable of assisting in many areas, such as police work (legitimizing eye witness testimonies) and disability assistance (Alzheimer's disease and prosopagnosia).
If anyone wants to add a suggestion click here.
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