Birkbeck Seminar: Richard Cook
This week's Birkbeck departmental seminar will be given by Richard Cook from Birkbeck. Everyone is welcome. No tickets needed.
TITLE: Holistic face processing in typical and atypical observers
SPEAKER: Richard Cook, Birkbeck
ABSTRACT:
Holistic theories of face perception posit that local facial features are integrated into a unified representation for the purposes of efficient analysis and interpretation. Observers’ ability to integrate information from distal facial regions is thought be a key determinant of their face recognition ability. I will discuss recent studies employing composite face paradigms and aperture viewing that have sought to understand the nature of holistic face processing in typical observers, and in those with developmental prosopagnosia. Our findings call into question widely held views about the functional significance of holistic face processing.
Further information
Cost
Free
Open to
All
Availability
Yes
Organiser
Birkbeck
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