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Face masks disrupt facial perception - Know what researchers have to say
A very unique challenge that the coronavirus crisis has presented before us is the identification of people wearing masks in the first look.
DNA Web Team | Mar 08, 2021, 06:04 PM IST
1.You can't always recognize a friend wearing a mask
“For those of you who don’t always recognize a friend or acquaintance wearing a mask, you are not alone,” researchers Prof Tzvi Ganel from the BGU Department of Psychology and Prof Erez Freud said.
2.Facemask has created a new challenge
In recent findings, the researchers noted that they have found an immense impact of this predicament and its serious consequence which is affecting more and more people every day. "Faces are one of the most informative visual phenomena in humans and play a vital role in communication and daily interaction in society," the researchers observed. The researchers noted that “the unprecedented effort to minimize Covid-19 transmission has created a new challenge in facial recognition due to mask-wearing".
3.Recognition ability is diminishing day by day
To study the effects of face masks, the two researchers conducted a test on a large group of around 500 masked and unmasked faces using a modified version of the Cambridge face memory test. Used to assess recognition and facial perception, the test was conducted online. Results showed that the success rate of identifying someone wearing a mask was reduced by 15%.
4.Do you also recognize the faces of a stranger as your friend?
This could lead to many errors incorrectly recognizing people we know, or accidentally recognizing faces of an unfamiliar face as people we know,” Prof Avidan said. “However daily life activities, social interaction, and education could have a serious effect on this new circumstances we are dealing with”, Ganel says.
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5.We are now forced to look at the eyes, nose, cheeks of a person
“Instead of looking at the entire face, we’re now forced to look at eyes, nose, cheeks, and other visible elements separately to construct an entire facial face percept - which we used to do instantly,” the researchers say.
6.Is wearing a facemask creating identity crisis?
These changes in performance, along with the alteration along with the processing style of faces, could have significant effects on activities of daily living, including social interactions, as well as other situations involving personal interactions, such as education.
7.Impacts of wearing masks on human behaviour
It was also observed that wearing masks has rapidly become a norm across every nation around the globe, so there should be future research on exploring the social and psychological impacts of wearing masks on human behaviour.
