N170-An Index of Categorical Face Perception?

被引:12
作者
Gajewski, Patrick D. [1 ,2 ]
Stoerig, Petra [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Dortmund, Leibniz Res Ctr Working Environm & Human Factors, D-44139 Dortmund, Germany
[2] Univ Dusseldorf, Inst Expt Psychol 2, Dusseldorf, Germany
关键词
categorical vs. prototypical perception; event-related potentials (ERPs); face inversion effect; animal faces; N170; FACIAL EXPRESSIONS; RECOGNITION; AMYGDALA; BRAIN; RACE; FEAR; PROSOPAGNOSIA; SPECIFICITY; FAMILIARITY; EXPERTISE;
D O I
10.1027/0269-8803/a000057
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
The N170 ERP component is larger for human faces than objects and sensitive to their orientation and race. To learn how it reflects the processing of faces of different species, we recorded event-related potentials in response to upright or inverted unfamiliar faces of human beings, monkeys, and dogs of different races as well as objects. Upright and inverted faces were presented in a between-subject design and elicited a reliable N170. It decreased from human to monkey to dog faces, and inversion enhanced and delayed it for all categories. We suggest that the results favor categorical over prototypical processing.
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页码:174 / 179
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