Psychiatry and Psychology

Facial Recognition

Ability to identify an individual from their facial features.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Ability to identify an individual from their facial features.

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Synonyms

25 entry terms
  • Face Perception
  • Face Processing
  • Face Recognition
  • Facial Identity Recognition
  • Identity Recognition, Facial
  • Perception, Face
  • Processing, Face
  • Recognition, Face
  • Recognition, Facial
  • Recognition, Facial Identity
  • Face Emotion Perception
  • Face Emotion Processing
  • Face Emotion Recognition
  • Facial Emotion Recognition
  • Facial Expression Recognition
  • Emotion Perception, Face
  • Emotion Processing, Face
  • Emotion Recognition, Face
  • Emotion Recognition, Facial
  • Expression Recognition, Facial
  • Perception, Face Emotion
  • Processing, Face Emotion
  • Recognition, Face Emotion
  • Recognition, Facial Emotion
  • Recognition, Facial Expression

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Aspects Covered

4 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings drug effects, ethics, physiology, radiation effects.

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Indexing Annotation

human and animal; AUTOMATED FACIAL RECOGNITION is also available

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History Note

2016

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Previous Indexing

  • Pattern Recognition, Visual (1977-2015)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Facial Recognition. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000066499. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000066499
  2. Facial Recognition. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_perception
  3. Facial Recognition. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q529895