A Facial Expression Is Worth a Thousand Words
[...] Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen, Germany, found out that we are able to recognize facial expressions in motion -- for example, in a movie -- far better than in a static photograph. The video sequence needs to be at least as long as one tenth of a second to gain this dynamic advantage.
Interpreting this facial expression correctly (as a "baffled" expression) is very difficult based on this photo alone. When showing the corresponding video sequence, however, recognition becomes easy, which underlines the importance of the temporal dimension for effective communication. (Credit: Christian Wallraven / Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics)
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This database ontains videos of facial action units taken from 6 different
camera views from one actor. Facial action units are basic muscle movements that have been proposed to underlie the production of facial expressions.
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- A facial expression is worth a thousand words
- A facial expression is worth a thousand words
- Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Germany
- Research: Face Video Database
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- The MPI VideoLab - A system for high quality synchronous recording of video and audio from multiple viewpoints
