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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Visual Perception

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  • The temporal sequence of configural and featural face processing differs based on attention.
  • Automatic processing of visual information under unattended conditions is typically measured using visual mismatch negativity (vMMN).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the temporal sequence of configural versus featural face processing in the absence of attention.
  • To determine if automatic processing occurs for configural and/or featural face information under unattended conditions.

Main Methods:

  • Participants performed a peripheral face oddball task while attending to a central task.
  • Visual mismatch negativity (vMMN) was recorded to assess automatic processing of configural and featural faces.
  • Two experiments varied the standard and deviant stimuli (configural vs. featural faces).

Main Results:

  • An occipital-temporal vMMN emerged for configural face information (200-360 ms latency).
  • No significant vMMN was observed for featural face information.
  • Results were replicated, particularly in the right hemisphere, suggesting automatic configural face processing.

Conclusions:

  • Configural face information, but not featural, is processed automatically under unattended conditions.
  • Electrophysiological evidence supports distinct neural mechanisms for configural and featural face processing when attention is divided.