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    • Neuroscience
    • Visual perception

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    • Face perception is considered unique, potentially due to holistic face processing (HFP).
    • HFP involves processing faces based on spatial configurations rather than individual features.
    • The role of attention in HFP remains debated despite extensive research.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate whether holistic face processing (HFP) is modulated by spatial attention.
    • To determine if HFP is an attention-independent cognitive process.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized an exogenous spatial cue to involuntarily direct attention in two experiments.
    • Assessed the degree of HFP when attention was directed away from target faces.
    • Tested HFP in conditions with and without flanking faces to challenge attentional guidance.

    Main Results:

    • The degree of holistic face processing was not diminished when attention was directed away from the face.
    • This finding was replicated even when faces were flanked by other faces, a condition expected to increase attentional sensitivity.

    Conclusions:

    • Holistic face processing (HFP) operates independently of attentional modulation.
    • These findings support the view that HFP is a robust process, not reliant on directed attention.