Bodies adapt orientation-independent face representations
Faces and bodies share a great number of semantic attributes, such as gender, emotional expression, and identity. Recent studies demonstrate that bodies can activate and modulate face perception. However, the nature of the face representation that is activated by bodies remains unknown. In particula...
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doaj-ba39e32074af49f18666f87b4427c6d92020-11-24T23:14:13ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782013-07-01410.3389/fpsyg.2013.0041351930Bodies adapt orientation-independent face representationsEllyanna eKessler0Shawn A Walls1Avniel Singh Ghuman2Avniel Singh Ghuman3University of PittsburghUniversity of PittsburghUniversity of PittsburghUniversity of PittsburghFaces and bodies share a great number of semantic attributes, such as gender, emotional expression, and identity. Recent studies demonstrate that bodies can activate and modulate face perception. However, the nature of the face representation that is activated by bodies remains unknown. In particular, face and body representations have previously been shown to have a degree of orientation specificity. Here we use body-face adaptation aftereffects to test whether bodies activate face representations in an orientation-dependent manner. Specifically, we used a two-by-two design to examine the magnitude of the body-face aftereffect using upright and inverted body adaptors and upright and inverted face targets. All four conditions showed significant body-face adaptation. We found neither a main effect of body orientation nor an interaction between body and face orientation. There was a main effect of target face orientation, with inverted target faces showing larger aftereffects than upright target faces, consistent with traditional face-face adaptation. Taken together, these results suggest that bodies adapt and activate a relatively orientation-invariant representation of faces.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00413/fullAdaptation, Psychologicalface perceptionConfigural processingBody perceptionAftereffectsface adaptation |
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Bodies adapt orientation-independent face representations |
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Bodies adapt orientation-independent face representations |
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Faces and bodies share a great number of semantic attributes, such as gender, emotional expression, and identity. Recent studies demonstrate that bodies can activate and modulate face perception. However, the nature of the face representation that is activated by bodies remains unknown. In particular, face and body representations have previously been shown to have a degree of orientation specificity. Here we use body-face adaptation aftereffects to test whether bodies activate face representations in an orientation-dependent manner. Specifically, we used a two-by-two design to examine the magnitude of the body-face aftereffect using upright and inverted body adaptors and upright and inverted face targets. All four conditions showed significant body-face adaptation. We found neither a main effect of body orientation nor an interaction between body and face orientation. There was a main effect of target face orientation, with inverted target faces showing larger aftereffects than upright target faces, consistent with traditional face-face adaptation. Taken together, these results suggest that bodies adapt and activate a relatively orientation-invariant representation of faces. |
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Adaptation, Psychological face perception Configural processing Body perception Aftereffects face adaptation |
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