Faces Flashcards
(16 cards)
What is Pareidolia
From detecting faces and patterns in organisms and nature
Describe face processing in infants
New born babies = show preference for cartoonish faces
6 month olds = can discriminate both human and money faces
9 month old infants and adults = can discriminate human faces but not monkey
What are features
identifiable parts that vary in subtle ways across individuals
What is configuration
the arrangement of face features
What is holistic face processing
integrating information from an entire object
What is the identity after-effect
A 50:50 mixture of two peoples faces looks like both of them or neither of them in equal measure
What is the emotion after-effect
Adapting to a happy face makes a neutral one look angry and vice versa
Describe the psychological face processing model (bruce & young)
- Coding expression and coding identity used in separate pathways
- Familiar and unfamiliar faces processed differently
What are the two stages of the psychological face processing model (bruce & young)
Structural encoding = occurs first, deals with viewpoint lighting and visual analysis of object
Extended processing = splits into two pathways expression analysis and face recognition
Describe the model of the distributed human neural system for face perception:
- Forward-backward interaction
- LTM influences (early) structural encoding stage
- Emotion expression is tightly linked to person knowledge and influences structural encoding
What are the different types of Brain imaging for face processing:
ERPs
FMRI
Single cell in monkeys
Lesion studies in patients
Brain stimulation `
What is Prosopagnosia
results in a failure to overtly recognise people even if covert measures suggest recognition
What route is effected by Prosopagnosia
Ventral route affected
Includes FFA
What is Capgras
delusion or syndrome results in a feeling that people are imposters even though they are overtly recognised
What route is effected by Capgras
Dorsal route affected
Include STS
