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Do we really ‘lose our filter’ as we age?
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Do we really ‘lose our filter’ as we age?

by Stephanie Wong, Hannah Keage, The Conversation Credit: Eduardo Barrios/Unsplash, CC BY-SA Many of us will have experienced some unexpected honesty from the older people in our lives. Whether it’s grandma telling you your outfit is unflattering or grandpa saying he doesn’t like the meal you’ve prepared, we often explain it away by saying “Oh, don’t...

From ‘super-recognisers’ to the ‘face blind’: How tests reveal underlying cognitive processes
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From ‘super-recognisers’ to the ‘face blind’: How tests reveal underlying cognitive processes

by Karen Lander, The Conversation ‘Have we met?’ Actor Brad Pitt thinks he is faceblind. Credit: Matteo Chinellato/Shutterstock The ability to recognize faces is important in many different real life contexts and fundamental to our social relationships and interactions. It allows us to identify people we care about, and respond appropriately to them. We may...