Living in the absence of Faces! How are you masking?

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Emotional faces guide the eyes in the absence of awareness (LINK)

"Remarkably, the recognition of a face’s emotional expression does not require awareness of the face. (Some authors refer to ‘awareness’ and ‘consciousness’ interchangeably; in line with a recent review on the dissociations of perception and eye movements for neutral stimuli (Spering and Carrasco, 2015), we use the term awareness and operationally define it as the ability to make an explicit perceptual report)".

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The Lone Ranger seemed to make out OK, wearing a mask all the time. Unmasked, only when disguised as an old prospector, wearing a beard, mustache and heavy make-up. Then there are the Mardi gras masks along with the Comedy/Drama masks. But, with this Corona virus, the medical masks, or its equivalent, has taken center stage everywhere we go. Is it having a weird effect?

They say that the image of the human face is the most recognizable image, and our brains, even try to see a face on the surface of Mars. Add to that how new facial recognition security software is being effected World wide.
 

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I’m constantly aware of people’s body language when I go out and particularly the eyes. The eyes speak volumes without even seeing the rest of the face or hearing a voice so I usually read people by their eyes. You can tell someone is smiling by the look of their eyes, like when Duster showed us her funny face masks. It was apparent she was smiling without the big smiley face drawn on the mask.
Still ‘killer funny’ though.
 

Keesha said:
I’m constantly aware of people’s body language when I go out and particularly the eyes. The eyes speak volumes without even seeing the rest of the face or hearing a voice so I usually read people by their eyes. You can tell someone is smiling by the look of their eyes, like when Duster showed us her funny face masks. It was apparent she was smiling without the big smiley face drawn on the mask.
Still ‘killer funny’ though.
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I was always wary of strangers wearing mirrored glasses. These made me incredibly uncomfortable in conversations.
 
The mention of sunglasses reminds me of the court order that made a retired Clayton Moore wear sunglasses instead of a mask. Of course they were NOT mirrored sunglasses!

 
My Spanish is OK as long as I can actually see the face and eyes of the person I am talking to. If that visual is taken away, I falter quite a bit. I know it sounds odd and maybe I need to listen to Spanish radio broadcasts more often to help with this issue.

Does anyone else encounter this kind of problem with their second or third language?

And those mirrored sunglasses always remind me of the prison guards in the movie "Cool Hand Luke." They are creepy and I don't understand why anyone would wear them.
 
For me, it seems that masks and sunglasses on a person are a good reason to 'distance' from them these days . .... I walk a lot everyday around my apartment complex, and when I come across someone, with me and/or them all masked up ... it's a good reason to just wave and keep on going. .. cuts out the idle chit-chat. :)

I like that aspect of the whole situation. Keeps my so frequent dog walking a good experience, and people don't feel snubbed.
... or they shouldn't anyway!
 
When I worked for IBM, I often had to go into one of the assembly 'clean rooms' where everyone had to wear overalls, hair covering and masks. The females (and perhaps makes too) had to remove all trace of makeup. You soon got to recognise people by small things like their eyes, or the glasses that they wore. Outside in the normal environment, you could easily go past without recognising them.

As for wearing a 'virus mask', you don't see much of that here. You see the occasional nervous shopper pulling a scarf round their face, or some wearing industrial dust masks.
Chances are that they don't help the wearer, but they might protect others if the wearer sneezes.
 
Have not worn one yet, I don't go into stores often and if they are busy I come back later. Find the best times are early in the am, almost no people and shelves are at their best. Also fewer of THOSE types of people are about at that time.
Just saying....lol
 
Son got me one from the store where he works nights but I have yet to put it on. Only walk outside keeping my distance and no stores. I would also have trouble with people with masks as I cannot read their lips. I shouldn't need to as I have a (cochlear) implant but old habits die hard.
 
Lakeland living said:
Have not worn one yet, I don't go into stores often and if they are busy I come back later. Find the best times are early in the am, almost no people and shelves are at their best. Also fewer of THOSE types of people are about at that time.
Just saying....lol
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? Who are "THOSE" people of whom you speak?smiley w question mark.jpg
 
IrisSenior said:
Son got me one from the store where he works nights but I have yet to put it on. Only walk outside keeping my distance and no stores. I would also have trouble with people with masks as I cannot read their lips. I shouldn't need to as I have a (cochlear) implant but old habits die hard.
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I really never considered that people who rely on lip reading would be effected by masks. Thanks for broadening my perspective!
 
Today, we were given homemade masks that our son-in-law's mother made for us. Also, finally, we received the masks from China (ordered through Wal-Mart). We both wear glasses, so our glasses steam up a little. However, we will persevere with wearing them when we're out.

Daughter has an Etsy shop selling pet bandanas, and is now making face masks. Within something like 2 weeks, she has around 250 orders to fill! She's sewing, day and night. I'm proud of her though, as she's donating 1/3 of each sale to the Food Bank.
 
I pinch the thin metal strip to fit the bridge of my nose, but still, my glasses get fogged up. The one freebie we got was worn twice - then the elastic broke, so it was pitched. I can imagine how hot and uncomfortable they will be in the warmer months. Still .. gotta do what we gotta do.
 
I made three masks. They were OK but if I had to talk with them on they would begin to slip down off my nose. Didn't want to use a metal strip because it would eventually rust with all the washing. I decided to sew two 1/4" darts midway at the top, one on either side of where my nose would be. Nice tight fit now.
 

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