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Becoming a “Greeble” Expert: Exploring Mechanisms for Face Recognition

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GAUTHIER, ISABEL, TARR, MICHAEL J.·1997·Vision Research

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Sensitivity to configural changes in face processing has been cited as evidence for face-exclusive mechanisms. Alternatively, general mechanisms could be fine-tuned by experience with homogeneous stimuli. We tested sensitivity to configural transformations for novices and experts with nonface stimuli ("Greebles"). Parts of transformed Greebles were identified via forced-choice recognition. Regardless of expertise level, the recognition of parts in the Studied configuration was better than in isolation, suggesting an object advantage. For experts, recognizing Greeble parts in a Transformed configuration was slower than in the Studied configuration, but only at upright. Thus, expertise with visually similar objects, not faces per se, may produce configural sensitivity.

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Authors
GAUTHIER, I., & TARR, M. J.
Venue
Vision Research
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1997-06
Volume
37
Issue
12
Pages
1673-1682
ISSN
0042-6989 (ISSN-L)
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W2073367016
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1,017
References
25
FWCI
13.41
Type
journal article
Language
en
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GAUTHIER, I., & TARR, M. J. (1997). Becoming a “Greeble” Expert: Exploring Mechanisms for Face Recognition. Vision Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0042-6989(96)00286-6

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