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Correction to Civile et al. (2023)
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Reports an error in "Modulating perceptual learning indexed by the face inversion effect: Simulating the application of transcranial direct current stimulation using the MKM model" by Ciro Civile, Rossy McLaren, Charlotte Forrest, Anna Cooke and Ian P. L. McLaren (Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition, 2023[Jul], Vol 49[3], 139-150). The article is being made available open access under the CC-BY license under the Jisc/ APA Read and Publish agreement. The correct copyright is "© 2023 The Author(s)" and the CC-BY license disclaimer is below. The online version of this article has been corrected. (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2023-90030-001). We report here two large studies investigating the effects of an established transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) procedure on perceptual learning as indexed by the face inversion effect. Experiments 1a and 1b (n = 128) examined the harmful generalization from Thatcherized faces to normal faces by directly comparing the size of the inversion effect for normal faces when presented intermixed with Thatcherized faces (Experiment 1a) versus that obtained when normal faces were presented intermixed with checkerboards (Experiment 1b). The results from the sham/control tDCS groups provide the first direct evidence in the literature showing how Thatcherized faces generalize onto normal ones producing a reduced inversion effect compared to when normal faces are presented with stimuli (e.g., checkerboards) that do not generalize significantly to normal faces. In the anodal tDCS groups, this effect was reversed, with a larger inversion effect recorded for normal faces in Experiment 1a versus that found in Experiment 1b. Further analyses within each experiment confirmed that the anodal tDCS procedure can enhance the inversion effect for normal faces in circumstances where harmful generalization would otherwise be produced by the Thatcherized faces (Experiment 1a). We also demonstrated our standard reduction in the inversion effect for normal faces consequent on the application of tDCS when presented intermixed with stimuli that do not generalize onto them. We interpret our results in terms of simulations using the MKM model of perceptual and associative learning. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).
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