Quiz 10 Flashcards
Inversion Effect
when a face is right side up–> easier to recognize
only works for face expert
thatcher effect illusion
more difficult to detect feature changes in an upside down face
psych strategies used are perceptually tuned to upright faces
Why study faces
primates care about faces
most efficient way to get info is to look at the face
all sense organs live in the head–> feel something–> face changes
autism may struggle> prone to differential development because a highly tuned skill
Ventral occipitotemporal cortex
houses the fusiform face area
fusiform face area
sits on fusiform gyrus
right side of brain
face processing modular view
domain specific view
some cognitive functions are solely responsible
modules are innate
the module is for faces only
behavior is automatic
neural specificity
really fast
Domain General View
not special
generic type of learning
humans are born with mechanisms in the brain that exist to support and guide learning on a broad level,
regardless of the type of information being learned across behavioral domains, we see a similar process occurring
Study on Newborns
2 stimuli presented on paddles
wave paddle, which are thy most interested in?
can’t be based on experience
infants prefer stimuli that have more elements on the top relative to the lower
higher spatial frequencies on top
neurodevelopment of face perception
environment tune neural circuitry in a way that results in brain specialization
perceptual narrowing hypothesis
other species effect
better at recognizing faces from our same species
same for other races
ex: monkeys look longer at novel monkey vs. novel human
acquired distinctiveness
we become better at perceiving stimulus properties that are critical for distinguishing native language sounds
visual paired comparison
6 month show no preference for human and monkey
adults/9 month olds look longer at novel human
puberty/face processing
switch from one method of face processing to configural processing(the whole face)
this process of new strategy accompanied wtih decline is called utilization deficiency
gauthier ffa
ffa responds to anything we have expertise in
car/ bird experts
ventrical occipital lobe
left fusiform face area
specialization for words/text
