Chua Kao-Wei, Richler Jennifer J, Gauthier Isabel
Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University.
J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform. 2014 Jun;40(3):1174-82. doi: 10.1037/a0035895. Epub 2014 Mar 3.
Faces are processed holistically, but the locus of holistic processing remains unclear. We created two novel races of faces (Lunaris and Taiyos) to study how experience with face parts influences holistic processing. In Experiment 1, subjects individuated Lunaris wherein the top, bottom, or both face halves contained diagnostic information. Subjects who learned to attend to face parts exhibited no holistic processing. This suggests that individuation only leads to holistic processing when the whole face is attended. In Experiment 2, subjects individuated both Lunaris and Taiyos, with diagnostic information in complementary face halves of the two races. Holistic processing was measured with composites made of either diagnostic or nondiagnostic face parts. Holistic processing was only observed for composites made from diagnostic face parts, demonstrating that holistic processing can occur for diagnostic face parts that were never seen together. These results suggest that holistic processing is an expression of learned attention to diagnostic face parts.
面孔是作为一个整体被加工处理的,但整体加工处理的位点仍不明确。我们创造了两种新型面孔种族(月族和日族)来研究对面孔部分的经验如何影响整体加工处理。在实验1中,被试对面孔特征不同的月族面孔进行个体化识别,其中顶部、底部或面部的上下两半都包含诊断信息。学会关注面孔部分的被试没有表现出整体加工处理。这表明只有当对面孔整体进行关注时,个体化识别才会导致整体加工处理。在实验2中,被试对面孔特征不同的月族和日族面孔都进行个体化识别,两个种族的互补面部半部分包含诊断信息。用由诊断性或非诊断性面孔部分组成的合成面孔来测量整体加工处理。仅在由诊断性面孔部分组成的合成面孔中观察到整体加工处理,这表明对于从未一起见过 的诊断性面孔部分也可以发生整体加工处理。这些结果表明,整体加工处理是对诊断性面孔部分习得性关注的一种表现。