introduction to face processing

Question 1

opening sentence

Answer 1

upon exploration of differing amplitudes in response to ERP’s, we can see different psychological processes taking place within the time domain

Question 2

P! component

Answer 2

a positive deflection occurring 100ms after a stimulus highlights the encoding of simple aspects of stimuli (e.g. recognition), named the P1 component

Question 3

speed of visual processing importance

Answer 3

the speed of visual processing is important as it helps our understanding of visual perception, specifically face perception

Question 4

Thomas (2010)

Answer 4

processing speed is used as evidence about the number of computational steps proposed by theories of visual perception

Question 5

N170

Answer 5

at around 170ms after a face stimulus is presented, we see a spike in amplitude representing a negative deflection

this response that is in the opposite in positivity and 70ms later highlights the processing of more complex features of a stimulus, in this case recognition of a face