Sun Yini, Sommer Werner, Sun Qi, Cao Xiaohua
Faculty of Psychology, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China.
Department of Psychology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Atten Percept Psychophys. 2025 Apr;87(3):922-935. doi: 10.3758/s13414-025-03042-5. Epub 2025 Mar 18.
Whether inverted faces are processed locally or involve holistic processing has been debated for several years. This study conducted two experiments to explore the extent of holistic processing of inverted faces. Experiment 1 adopted a face-congruency paradigm that orthogonally manipulated stimulus congruency and orientation. Experiment 2 employed the complete congruency paradigm to test whether misalignment effects of inverted faces are related to holistic processing. The results of both experiments consistently demonstrated that inverted faces are processed not only locally but also holistically, and that misalignment disrupts the holistic processing of inverted faces. Subsequently computational modeling showed that in the congruent condition, the contributions of holistic and local information in inverted face processing performance were 24% and 76%, respectively, whereas in the incongruent condition, they were 10% and 90%, respectively. Together, the present study reveals that also inverted faces are processed holistically, albeit to a lower degree than upright faces.
倒置面孔是进行局部加工还是涉及整体加工，这一问题已争论多年。本研究进行了两项实验，以探究倒置面孔整体加工的程度。实验1采用了面孔一致性范式，该范式正交操纵刺激一致性和方向。实验2采用完全一致性范式，以测试倒置面孔的错位效应是否与整体加工有关。两项实验的结果一致表明，倒置面孔不仅进行局部加工，也进行整体加工，并且错位会破坏倒置面孔的整体加工。随后的计算模型表明，在一致条件下，整体信息和局部信息在倒置面孔加工表现中的贡献分别为24%和76%，而在不一致条件下，它们分别为10%和90%。总之，本研究表明，倒置面孔也进行整体加工，尽管程度低于正立面孔。
