A new study examined the mechanisms of the Flashed Face Distortion Effect, finding that the effect is greatly diminished when ...

It sounds like the stuff of horror films — but for people who are afflicted with a rare disorder, it’s a terrifying reality. A condition called prosopometamorphopsia (PMO) causes facial features to ...

In our lifetimes, we encounter hundreds of thousands of faces. Each person's unique exposure to faces largely determines their "face space"—a model of how we encode, perceive, and remember the faces ...

* Prosopometamorphopsia causes dramatic distortions in facial features due to disruptions in brain regions controlling visual processing * The condition is extremely rare and can result from //brain ...

The human mind is one of the most magnificent creations ever made. It performs magical feats and is a complex "machine" that scientists and psychologists are constantly trying to figure out. When it ...