Computers see through faked expressions of pain better than people
Thursday, March 20, 2014 - 13:41
in Psychology & Sociology
Scientists have found that a computer system spots real or faked expressions of pain more accurately than people can. Humans could not discriminate real from faked expressions of pain better than random chance -- and, even after training, only improved accuracy to a modest 55 percent. The computer system attains an 85 percent accuracy.