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Texan declared innocent after 30 years in prison

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"DALLAS - A Texas man declared innocent Tuesday after 30 years in prison had at least two chances to make parole and be set free -- if only he would admit he was a sex offender. But Cornelius Dupree Jr. refused to do so, doggedly maintaining his innocence in a 1979 rape and robbery, in the process serving more time for a crime he didn't commit than any other Texas inmate exonerated by DNA evidence."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110104/ap_on_re_us/us_dna_exoneration_texas

What do we know about sensation & perception that might help us reduce the number of misidentifications that occur?

(Thanks to Ali for sending the link)

 

Neurosonics Live

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What does this tell us about how our perceptual system binds sounds, movement, and objects together to create this unusual experience?

 

Neurosonics Live from Chris Cairns on Vimeo.

Something Wrong with the Picture?

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Notice anything wrong with this picture?

ManBabies

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"Maybe you're familiar with the ManBabies craze sweeping the internets -- the concept: babies' heads and their dads' heads are seamlessly switched using photoshop with weird and arresting results. "

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/12/huffpost-manbabies-photos_n_459058.html

Also see: http://manbabies.com/

What does your text say about face recognition? Based on that how would you describe what is going on here preceptually? What does your text say about size constancy?  What effect do the head swap have on size perception? 

Woman looking into a mirror.

When Christian Jahn, a 37-year-old graduate student, was 13, he wouldn't leave the house without wearing a heavy Arctic jacket. In Southern California, that was enough to set him apart. But Christian was obsessed with what he deemed an even more troubling physical anomaly: He was terrified of his own face.

Over the next 15 years, Jahn almost flunked out of college, then dropped out of law school - all because of a fixation on physical flaws. Then he caught an episode of "Oprah" about obsessive compulsive disorder. A little more online research yielded another related illness: body dysmorphic disorder (BDD). Suddenly, Jahn's mysterious and life-altering condition had a name.

To read more click the link below:

New Research May Help Those Afraid of Own Looks

Why You Won't Smile For Your Future Driver's License

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I found this article on how Australia has developed a new technology. The photo taking device measures the spaces between the eyes, nose, and mouth. You are not supposed to smile for the photo. This is to prevent Identity Theft. Two photos of the same person can be mismatched if there is a strong differential expression in one versus the other. Arkansas, Indiana, Nevada and Virginia already incorporated the neutral facial rule. There are a number of people who aren't happy about it. Would you be okay if Iowa implemented this rule?
 
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