The role of the head in configural body processing
Behavioural and electrophysiological evidence from the inversion and scrambling effect
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9620582 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Denise Soria Bauser (Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience Department of Neuropsychology Ruhr University Bochum Germany, corresponding author), Boris Suchan (0000-0003-2934-0263, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience Department of Neuropsychology Ruhr University Bochum Germany) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 109 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 564-582 |
| Publication date | 2018-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1269 • E-ISSN: 2044-8295 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/bjop.12287 |
| PMID | 29336028 |
| OpenAlex | W2783967110 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 33 |
The present study aimed to further explore the role of the head for configural body processing by comparing complete bodies with headless bodies and faceless heads (Experiment 1). A second aim was to further explore the role of the eye region in configural face processing (Experiment 2). Due to that, we conducted a second experiment with complete faces, eyeless faces, and eyes. In addition, we used two effects to manipulate configural processing: the effect of stimulus inversion and scrambling. The current data clearly show an inversion effect for intact bodies presented with head and faces including the eye region. Thus, the head and the eye region seem to be central for configural processes that are manipulated by the effect of stimulus inversion. Furthermore, the behavioural and electrophysiological body inversion effect depends on the intact configuration of bodies and is associated with the N170 as the face inversion effect depends on the intact face configuration. Hence, configural body processing depends not only on the presence of the head but rather on a complete representation of human bodies that includes the body and the head. Furthermore, configural face processing relies on intact and complete face representations that include faces and eyes
Algorithm · Biology · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Electroencephalography · Electrophysiology · Inversion (geology) · Scrambling · Simon effect · Stimulus (psychology) · Communication · Computer Science · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Face Recognition and Perception · Neuroscience · Psychology · Visual perception and processing mechanisms
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |