Carbon Claus-Christian, Leder Helmut
Faculty of Psychology, Department of Psychological Basic Research, University of Vienna, Austria.
Perception. 2006;35(3):411-4. doi: 10.1068/p5452.
This demonstration uses one of the most famous human faces, the portrait of Mona Lisa, La Gioconda, by Leonardo da Vinci. Usually, we have a very accurate and stable representation of the exact configuration of such a familiar face. Typically, we are able to rapidly recognise even subtle configural changes. However, here we show that an exposure to specific alterations performed on a familiar face substantially reduces this ability even over a time period as long as 80 min. This demonstration illustrates the flexibility of the perceptual system and adaptation to new information.
本次演示使用了最著名的人脸之一，即列奥纳多·达·芬奇所绘的《蒙娜丽莎》（又称《乔孔达》）的画像。通常，我们对如此熟悉的面孔的确切形态有着非常准确且稳定的认知。一般来说，即便面对细微的形态变化，我们也能迅速识别。然而，在此我们表明，让人们接触对熟悉面孔进行的特定改变，即便在长达80分钟的时间段内，也会大幅降低这种识别能力。本次演示说明了感知系统的灵活性以及对新信息的适应性。
