Friend or Foe? How the Unconscious Mind Picks Out Faces in a Crowd

Imagine you’re walking through Times Square. There are tons of people around. As you make your way through the crowd, your brain notices several faces but ignores the rest. Why is that? What are the processes that determine which faces our brain “chooses” to see and those it allows to fade into the background? A new study describes how the unconscious mind processes human faces and the two types of faces it chooses to consciously see, namely: those associated with dominance and threat and, to a lesser degree, with trustworthiness.

Read the complete article from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem here: Friend or Foe? How the Unconscious Mind Picks Out Faces in a Crowd