Body Inversion Effect: a Qualitative Change or a Quantitative Change

摘要：

In object recognition task, the effect of inversion is much larger for faces than for other object categories, which is known as face inversion effect (Yin, 1969). Based on this phenomenon, many researchers have proposed that faces are a unique class of objects because faces are recognized using processes different from those used to recognize most other objects. However, in recent years, new evidence questions the face-specific processing theory, because inversion effect also emerges in the recognition of some common objects. For instance, inversion effect was shown when ordinary observers identified static picture of body posture. These results suggested that inversion effect is not specific to face and configural processing also exist in common object recognition. These results provide a new perspective to explore whether a qualitative changes or quantitative changes occur when participants recognize upright object, comparing to recognizing upside-down objects.

作者: Weidong Tao Wenbo Luo Xudong Zhang Jianhong Zheng Jianhong Zheng Hong-jin Sun

作者单位: Zhanjiang Normal University, Guangdong, China Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences, Chongqing, China Zhanjiang Normal University, Guangdong, China Zhanjiang Normal University, Guangdong, China Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: The 7th International Conference on Cognitive Science(第七届国际认知科学大会 ICCS 2010)

会议地点: 北京

会议语种:英文

页码: 66-67

在线出版日期: 2010-08-01（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）