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PhD studentships available
by Peter Hancock 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

Please pass on to any potentially interested undergraduate/MSc student. We have four staff potentially able to supervise students in the area of face perception: Peter Hancock: theory of face perception, and practical applications Stephen Langton: eye gaze and attention Tony Little: Social perception of faces, attractiveness, etc. Sarah-Jane Vick: expression analysis and perception PhD studentships Psychology School of Natural Sciences University of Stirling Psychology at the University of Stirling intends to offer two funded PhD studentships/teaching fellowships starting in October 2011. Psychology has an enthusiastic and vibrant research community which provides a stimulating and exciting environment for postgraduate study. We encourage students who expect to obtain a First or Upper Second class Honours degree in Psychology or a related discipline, or who already have an MSc, to apply to study for a PhD at Stirling. Students interested in applying should first contact individual academic members of staff in a relevant area to discuss potential projects. Applicants will be expected to pursue an element of external funding where feasible. We have an outstanding record of success in both teaching and research. We have an international reputation for research and our teaching earns top ratings. Our research is supported by state-of-the-art facilities, including an in-house playgroup, human electrophysiological recording and analysis facilities, health and clinical laboratories, and expertise in computational modeling. There are excellent facilities for postgraduate students, including allocated office space, equipment and conference funding. The studentships will be fully funded, and successful applicants are expected to contribute towards teaching in Psychology. For application procedures please see http://www.external.stir.ac.uk/postgrad/apply/index.php or contact Linda Cullen (Linda.Cullen(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:Linda.Cullen@stir.ac.uk>) The closing date for applications is 31st May 2011, but early application is strongly advised. Peter Hancock Professor Psychology, School of Natural Sciences University of Stirling FK9 4LA, UK phone 01786 467675 fax 01786 467641 http://www.psychology.stir.ac.uk/staff/phancock -- The Sunday Times Scottish University of the Year 2009/2010 The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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Re: [Face-research-list] Artificial faces as alternatives to real faces for publication
by Charlie Frowd 24 Mar '11

24 Mar '11

... following on from what Colin is saying, I'd be happy to supply sample images generated synthetically: they do look realistic. Regards, Charlie. Dr Charlie Frowd Department of Psychology 203 Darwin University of Central Lancashire Preston PR1 2HE (01772) 893439 http://www.EvoFIT.co.uk http://www.uclan.ac.uk/psychology/research/people/Frowd.html >>> Colin Tredoux 23/03/11 2:21 PM >>> This message is intended to reply to Rachel Robbins' request, but it may be of more general interest to others here. The faces I have made available to a number of people for research are indeed not available for publication, but a good alternative is to use synthetic faces - we have produced some software (ID) here at Cape Town that does a good job of producing highly realistic synthetic faces (not identifiable by blind raters as synthetic faces at levels above chance). It is very similar in many respects to the programs EVOFIT (Frowd and Hancock), and EIGENFIT (Solomon and Gibson et al.) I'll send you a couple of these if you are interested, Rachel. Colin Tredoux University of Cape Town On 23 March 2011 14:00, <face-research-list-request(a)lists.stir.ac.uk> wrote: Send Face-research-list mailing list submissions to face-research-list(a)lists.stir.ac.uk To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/face-research-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to face-research-list-request(a)lists.stir.ac.uk You can reach the person managing the list at face-research-list-owner(a)lists.stir.ac.uk When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Face-research-list digest..." Today's Topics: 1. black South African faces (Rachel Robbins) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 08:48:15 +1100 From: Rachel Robbins <dr.r.robbins(a)gmail.com> Subject: [Face-research-list] black South African faces To: Face-research-list(a)lists.stir.ac.uk Message-ID: Gu4ya_ySh0t6bvkCC8gxhxW7LpxCaEfH(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi everyone, I ran a study using some great faces from Colin Tredoux, but the faces do not have permission for publication so I need just a few black African faces that I can use to make example stimuli for the paper (preferably black South African, but African-American or other parts of African would do). If any one has some, or knows a database that has some please let me know! (The Cohn-Kanade database has some but they are not the ones available for publication). Thanks! Rachel ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Face-research-list mailing list Face-research-list(a)lists.stir.ac.uk http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/face-research-list End of Face-research-list Digest, Vol 2, Issue 15 ************************************************* -- The Sunday Times Scottish University of the Year 2009/2010 The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159. -- Colin Tredoux Professor Dept Psychology UCT South Africa colin.tredoux(a)uct.ac.za Tel: +2721 6503424 Fax: +2721 6504104

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Re: [Face-research-list] Face-research-list Digest, Vol 2, Issue 15
by Masami K Yamaguchi 24 Mar '11

24 Mar '11

----- Original Message ----- From: <face-research-list-request(a)lists.stir.ac.uk> To: <face-research-list(a)lists.stir.ac.uk> Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 9:00 PM Subject: Face-research-list Digest, Vol 2, Issue 15 > Send Face-research-list mailing list submissions to > face-research-list(a)lists.stir.ac.uk > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/face-research-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > face-research-list-request(a)lists.stir.ac.uk > > You can reach the person managing the list at > face-research-list-owner(a)lists.stir.ac.uk > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Face-research-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. black South African faces (Rachel Robbins) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 08:48:15 +1100 > From: Rachel Robbins <dr.r.robbins(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [Face-research-list] black South African faces > To: Face-research-list(a)lists.stir.ac.uk > Message-ID: > <AANLkTi=aGiR=Gu4ya_ySh0t6bvkCC8gxhxW7LpxCaEfH(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi everyone, > > I ran a study using some great faces from Colin Tredoux, but the faces > do not have permission for publication so I need just a few black > African faces that I can use to make example stimuli for the paper > (preferably black South African, but African-American or other parts > of African would do). If any one has some, or knows a database that > has some please let me know! > (The Cohn-Kanade database has some but they are not the ones available > for publication). > > Thanks! > Rachel > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Face-research-list mailing list > Face-research-list(a)lists.stir.ac.uk > http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/face-research-list > > > End of Face-research-list Digest, Vol 2, Issue 15 > ************************************************* > > -- > The Sunday Times Scottish University of the Year 2009/2010 > The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, > number SC 011159. > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 5979 (20110323) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > >

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Artificial faces as alternatives to real faces for publication
by Colin Tredoux 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

This message is intended to reply to Rachel Robbins' request, but it may be of more general interest to others here. The faces I have made available to a number of people for research are indeed not available for publication, but a good alternative is to use synthetic faces - we have produced some software (ID) here at Cape Town that does a good job of producing highly realistic synthetic faces (not identifiable by blind raters as synthetic faces at levels above chance). It is very similar in many respects to the programs EVOFIT (Frowd and Hancock), and EIGENFIT (Solomon and Gibson et al.) I'll send you a couple of these if you are interested, Rachel. Colin Tredoux University of Cape Town On 23 March 2011 14:00, <face-research-list-request(a)lists.stir.ac.uk> wrote: > Send Face-research-list mailing list submissions to > face-research-list(a)lists.stir.ac.uk > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/face-research-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > face-research-list-request(a)lists.stir.ac.uk > > You can reach the person managing the list at > face-research-list-owner(a)lists.stir.ac.uk > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Face-research-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. black South African faces (Rachel Robbins) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 08:48:15 +1100 > From: Rachel Robbins <dr.r.robbins(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [Face-research-list] black South African faces > To: Face-research-list(a)lists.stir.ac.uk > Message-ID: > <AANLkTi=aGiR=Gu4ya_ySh0t6bvkCC8gxhxW7LpxCaEfH(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi everyone, > > I ran a study using some great faces from Colin Tredoux, but the faces > do not have permission for publication so I need just a few black > African faces that I can use to make example stimuli for the paper > (preferably black South African, but African-American or other parts > of African would do). If any one has some, or knows a database that > has some please let me know! > (The Cohn-Kanade database has some but they are not the ones available > for publication). > > Thanks! > Rachel > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Face-research-list mailing list > Face-research-list(a)lists.stir.ac.uk > http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/face-research-list > > > End of Face-research-list Digest, Vol 2, Issue 15 > ************************************************* > > -- > The Sunday Times Scottish University of the Year 2009/2010 > The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, > number SC 011159. > > -- Colin Tredoux Professor Dept Psychology UCT South Africa colin.tredoux(a)uct.ac.za Tel: +2721 6503424 Fax: +2721 6504104

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black South African faces
by Rachel Robbins 22 Mar '11

22 Mar '11

Hi everyone, I ran a study using some great faces from Colin Tredoux, but the faces do not have permission for publication so I need just a few black African faces that I can use to make example stimuli for the paper (preferably black South African, but African-American or other parts of African would do). If any one has some, or knows a database that has some please let me know! (The Cohn-Kanade database has some but they are not the ones available for publication). Thanks! Rachel

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Re: [Face-research-list] Nicola Jones-Assistance required
by Rachel Cole-Fletcher 12 Mar '11

12 Mar '11

Hi all, I'm a PhD student working with Vicki Bruce and Debbie Riby at Newcastle Uni, looking at the profiles of those with Williams Syndrome and ASDs in interpreting emotions from faces. Nicola, there is an excellent faces database, that I think sounds like what you need (although might not quite have enough photos but could be a start!) here: http://www.socsci.ru.nl:8180/RaFD2/RaFD?p=overview. You have to request access to it but they're generally happy to grant it as long as you're using the database for academic research. Hope that helps! Rachel R.L.Cole-Fletcher PhD student ________________________________________ From: face-research-list-bounces(a)lists.stir.ac.uk [face-research-list-bounces(a)lists.stir.ac.uk] On Behalf Of face-research-list-request(a)lists.stir.ac.uk [face-research-list-request(a)lists.stir.ac.uk] Sent: 11 March 2011 20:58 To: face-research-list(a)lists.stir.ac.uk Subject: Face-research-list Digest, Vol 2, Issue 13 Send Face-research-list mailing list submissions to face-research-list(a)lists.stir.ac.uk To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/face-research-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to face-research-list-request(a)lists.stir.ac.uk You can reach the person managing the list at face-research-list-owner(a)lists.stir.ac.uk When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Face-research-list digest..." Today's Topics: 1. (no subject) (sergio marinho) 2. Hi and any assistance appreciated! (nicola.jones) 3. Re: Hi and any assistance appreciated! (Etienne Beno?t Roesch) 4. Re: Hi and any assistance appreciated! (Christian Wallraven) 5. Re: Hi and any assistance appreciated! (Christian Wallraven) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 06:42:05 -0800 (PST) From: sergio marinho <smarinho94(a)yahoo.com.br> Subject: [Face-research-list] (no subject) To: face-research-list(a)lists.stir.ac.uk Message-ID: <311074.4409.qm(a)web110812.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"

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by Peter Hancock 11 Mar '11

11 Mar '11

Welcome to our 200th member Peter -- The Sunday Times Scottish University of the Year 2009/2010 The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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Re: [Face-research-list] Hi and any assistance appreciated!
by Christian Wallraven 11 Mar '11

11 Mar '11

Hi Nicola, you can try this: http://www.multipie.org/ This page has a very good overview of face recognition databases: http://www.face-rec.org/databases/ Cheers, Christian On 12.03.2011, at 00:33, nicola.jones wrote: > Hi all, > > I think this list is a great idea; thanks for letting me join it! > > Just a quick introduction...I worked with Debbie Riby as a research assistant 2 years ago looking at attention to faces in Williams Syndrome. I recently completed my MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of York where for my dissertation I looked at the representation of shape and texture of faces in the brain, supervised by Tim Andrews. I am just starting a PhD at Northumbria University looking at neurocognitive performance in Type 2 diabetes, looking particularly at the role of glycaemic control and task difficulty on recognition memory. > > I am in the initial stages of planning for my very first experiment and am looking for a face image database of at least 100 different faces (male and female, neutral expressions) which are high resolution, frontal view colour photographs. I have looked through several databases but they either do not have enough photos or the quality is not great. If anyone has access to a set or could point me in the right direction, I would be most grateful. > > Thanks and best wishes to all, > > Nicola > > Cognition & Communication Research Centre > NB155 Northumberland Building > Northumberland Road > Northumbria University > Newcastle Upon-Tyne > NE1 8ST > Email: nicola.jones(a)northumbria.ac.uk > > _______________________________________________ > Face-research-list mailing list > Face-research-list(a)lists.stir.ac.uk > http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/face-research-list -- Christian Wallraven Cognitive Systems Lab Dept. of Brain & Cognitive Engineering Korea University NEW email: wallraven(a)korea.ac.kr web: cogsys.korea.ac.kr -- Christian Wallraven Cognitive Systems Lab Dept. of Brain & Cognitive Engineering Korea University email: wallraven(a)korea.ac.kr web: cogsys.korea.ac.kr

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Re: [Face-research-list] Hi and any assistance appreciated!
by Christian Wallraven 11 Mar '11

11 Mar '11

Hi Nicola, you can try this: http://www.multipie.org/ This page has a very good overview of face recognition databases: http://www.face-rec.org/databases/ Cheers, Christian On 12.03.2011, at 00:33, nicola.jones wrote: > Hi all, > > I think this list is a great idea; thanks for letting me join it! > > Just a quick introduction...I worked with Debbie Riby as a research assistant 2 years ago looking at attention to faces in Williams Syndrome. I recently completed my MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of York where for my dissertation I looked at the representation of shape and texture of faces in the brain, supervised by Tim Andrews. I am just starting a PhD at Northumbria University looking at neurocognitive performance in Type 2 diabetes, looking particularly at the role of glycaemic control and task difficulty on recognition memory. > > I am in the initial stages of planning for my very first experiment and am looking for a face image database of at least 100 different faces (male and female, neutral expressions) which are high resolution, frontal view colour photographs. I have looked through several databases but they either do not have enough photos or the quality is not great. If anyone has access to a set or could point me in the right direction, I would be most grateful. > > Thanks and best wishes to all, > > Nicola > > Cognition & Communication Research Centre > NB155 Northumberland Building > Northumberland Road > Northumbria University > Newcastle Upon-Tyne > NE1 8ST > Email: nicola.jones(a)northumbria.ac.uk > > _______________________________________________ > Face-research-list mailing list > Face-research-list(a)lists.stir.ac.uk > http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/face-research-list -- Christian Wallraven Cognitive Systems Lab Dept. of Brain & Cognitive Engineering Korea University NEW email: wallraven(a)korea.ac.kr web: cogsys.korea.ac.kr

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Hi and any assistance appreciated!
by nicola.jones 11 Mar '11

11 Mar '11

Hi all, I think this list is a great idea; thanks for letting me join it! Just a quick introduction...I worked with Debbie Riby as a research assistant 2 years ago looking at attention to faces in Williams Syndrome. I recently completed my MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of York where for my dissertation I looked at the representation of shape and texture of faces in the brain, supervised by Tim Andrews. I am just starting a PhD at Northumbria University looking at neurocognitive performance in Type 2 diabetes, looking particularly at the role of glycaemic control and task difficulty on recognition memory. I am in the initial stages of planning for my very first experiment and am looking for a face image database of at least 100 different faces (male and female, neutral expressions) which are high resolution, frontal view colour photographs. I have looked through several databases but they either do not have enough photos or the quality is not great. If anyone has access to a set or could point me in the right direction, I would be most grateful. Thanks and best wishes to all, Nicola Cognition & Communication Research Centre NB155 Northumberland Building Northumberland Road Northumbria University Newcastle Upon-Tyne NE1 8ST Email: nicola.jones(a)northumbria.ac.uk

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