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Structural encoding of human and schematic faces: holistic and part-based processes.

N Sagiv1, S Bentin

  • 1Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
|October 12, 2001
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The brain

Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Visual Perception

Background:

  • The extrastriate face area plays a crucial role in visual processing.
  • Understanding the specificity and response properties of this area is key to deciphering facial recognition mechanisms.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the neural basis of face perception using event-related potentials (ERPs).
  • To examine how different representations of faces (photographs, sketches, schematic) and non-face stimuli affect early neural responses.
  • To explore the impact of stimulus inversion on face processing.

Main Methods:

  • Measured the N170 event-related potential (ERP) component.
  • Presented participants with various visual stimuli: natural faces, portraits, sketches, schematic faces, and non-face objects.

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  • Analyzed N170 amplitude and latency differences across stimulus types and orientations.

    • Main Results:

    • The N170 distinguished between faces and non-face stimuli when facial features were clearly depicted.
    • N170 did not differentiate between various types of faces, including schematic ones.
    • Stimulus inversion differentially affected N170 amplitude for natural versus schematic faces, while delaying peak latency for both.
    • N170 amplitude increased for inverted natural faces but decreased for inverted schematic faces.

    Conclusions:

    • Early face processing involves a dual-component neural system.
    • This system processes both holistic face configurations and individual facial features.
    • The balance between holistic and feature-based processing depends on stimulus properties and context.