Faces and voices trigger our social perception | Stefan Schweinberger | TEDxFSUJena

“Many problems in our small world are due to simple failures to communicate well” – a cognitive neuroscientist Stefan Schweinberger in his fascinating talk lays out the surprising science behind perceiving people. The research in his lab shows that understanding the brain mechanisms of social perception is of huge importance in improving social communication.

Stefan Schweinberger is the head of the department of General Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena. He is the author of plenty of research papers published in scientific journals. In 1992 he was nominated as the author of the best paper in Neuropsychologia. Since 2003 he is the honorary professor of Glasgow University.

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