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'''Physiognomy''' is the ancient art and now science of deducing the predominant temper and other characteristic qualities of the mind from the outward appearance, especially from the features of the face, possibly including expression and movement patterns across a brief amount of time.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0304418188900024</ref>
'''Physiognomy''' is the ancient art and now science of deducing someones personality and character from their appearance, especially from the features of the face, possibly including expression and movement patterns across a brief amount of time.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0304418188900024</ref>


Physiognomy has gotten out of fashion in mainstream scientific research due to its pseudoscientific history. Physiognomy is commonly compared to forms of quackery such as phrenology (the belief that one could determine a person's personality and propensity to engage in criminal activity by evaluating the bumps on their head). With the machine learning hype, the field has regained some recognition, e.g., machine learning was used to detect people's individual's behavioral tendencies via facial analysis; however, it remains unclear whether the software can produce above-chance results based on facial or contextual cues.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/07/artificial-intelligence-can-tell-your-sexuality-politics-surveillance-paul-lewis</ref>  
Physiognomy has gotten out of fashion in mainstream scientific research due to its pseudoscientific history. Physiognomy is commonly compared to forms of quackery such as phrenology (the belief that one could determine a person's personality and propensity to engage in criminal activity by evaluating the bumps on their head). With the machine learning hype, the field has regained some recognition, e.g., machine learning was used to detect people's individual's behavioral tendencies via facial analysis; however, it remains unclear whether the software can produce above-chance results based on facial or contextual cues.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/07/artificial-intelligence-can-tell-your-sexuality-politics-surveillance-paul-lewis</ref>  

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