Facial perception: A special case of visual perception?

dc.contributor.advisorLane, David M.en_US
dc.creatorJensen, Dean G.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T00:16:50Zen_US
dc.date.available2009-06-04T00:16:50Zen_US
dc.date.issued1988en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study explored whether faces are perceived differently than other visual stimuli. Using the speeded-classification task, evidence of holistic processing was found for faces with normal organization but not for the same stimuli when the eyes, nose, and lips were not in their ordinary positions. Sets of interior features (eyebrows, eyes, nose, and lips) were subsequently tested for holistic processing. No evidence for holistic processing was found between eyebrow/eye and nose/lips groups or between the nose and the lips. However, it was found that decisions on the eyebrows could be made independently of the eyes but that decisions on the eyes could not be made independently of the eyebrows. This asymmetric-separable relationship persisted when the eyes and eyebrows were presented by themselves or in the context of a face, when they were presented upright or inverted, and when either a single eye/eyebrow or both eyes/eyebrows were presented. Decisions on inverted eyes were more difficult than decisions on upright eyes. No evidence of holistic processing was found for an eye/eyebrow presented in the context of non-facial stimuli. These results suggest that the asymmetric-separable relationship between the eyes and the eyebrows plays a role in the unique characteristics associated with the perception of faces.en_US
dc.format.extent93 p.en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.callnoThesis Psych. 1988 Jensen, D.en_US
dc.identifier.citationJensen, Dean G.. "Facial perception: A special case of visual perception?." (1988) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/16157">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/16157</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/16157en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectExperimental psychologyen_US
dc.titleFacial perception: A special case of visual perception?en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentPsychologyen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineSocial Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen_US
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