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Brain potentials and integration of external and internal features into face representations.
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International journal of psychophysiology : official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology [Int J Psychophysiol] 2008 Apr; Vol. 68 (1), pp. 59-69. Date of Electronic Publication: 2008 Jan 26. - Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- In this ERP study we analyzed how different orders of presentation of external and internal features influence the integration of facial components into face gestalts. Participants carried out a face-feature matching task in which, in each trial, external (E) and internal (I) facial features were presented separately and in sequence, followed by a complete unfamiliar face (matching or mismatching). For the E-I group of participants the order of presentation was external features, internal features and then the complete face. The I-E group viewed the internal features first. Mismatch effects in complete faces were more conspicuous and lasted from about 300 to 600 ms with the order E-I, while those with the order I-E were scarcely observable, and significant only from 450 to 470 ms. The external features tended to elicit a larger P150, while the N170 was preferentially associated with the internal ones. A P360, probably indicating stimulus relevance, was present in both groups for external features, while it was associated with internal features only in the I-E group. These results suggest that in the E-I order the binding of facial features into a single face representation occurs according to a stepwise process which facilitates the integration. In turn, in the I-E order the processing related to the two sets of features appears more dissociated and is of a more componential nature. Moreover, we propose that the external features may be especially relevant for object categorization, while internal features would be more closely related to subsequent configural mechanisms.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0167-8760
- Volume :
- 68
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- International journal of psychophysiology : official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 18295921
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2008.01.003