Gauthier I, Nelson C A
Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Wilson Hall, Nashville, TN 37240, USA.
Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2001 Apr;11(2):219-24. doi: 10.1016/s0959-4388(00)00200-2.
Recent neuroimaging studies in adults indicate that visual areas selective for recognition of faces can be recruited through expertise for nonface objects. This reflects a new emphasis on experience in theories of visual specialization. In addition, novel work infers differences between categories of nonface objects, allowing a re-interpretation of differences seen between recognition of faces and objects. Whether there are experience-independent precursors of face expertise remains unclear; indeed, parallels between literature for infants and adults suggest that methodological issues need to be addressed before strong conclusions can be drawn regarding the origins of face recognition.
近期针对成年人的神经影像学研究表明，通过对非面部物体的专业技能训练，可以使对面部识别具有选择性的视觉区域被调动起来。这反映出视觉专业化理论对经验的一种新的强调。此外，新的研究推断出非面部物体类别之间的差异，这使得人们能够重新解读面部和物体识别之间的差异。面部专业技能是否存在不依赖经验的先兆尚不清楚；事实上，关于婴儿和成年人的文献对比表明，在就面部识别的起源得出强有力的结论之前，需要解决一些方法学问题。
