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Which features depend on which faces?

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: Schwartz et al. (ARVO ‘98) found that observers asked to identify facial expressions use only the mouth area of the face. Paul Ekman objected that her faces were not expressing emotions, and predicted that for emotive faces, observers would use both the mouth AND the eyes. To test his prediction, we measured thresholds for identifying emotions in the presence of a noise curtain that was swept horizontally and vertically across the faces. We find that observers identify emotions by using either the eyes OR the mouth.

Source: Journal of Vision

DOI: 10.1167/1.3.289

Authors: M. Martelli, N. Majaj, M. Palomares, N. Leigh, P. Ekman, D. G. Pelli

Institutions: New York University, Johns Hopkins University, University of California, San Francisco, University of California System

Language: English

Topic: Face Recognition and Perception

Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,850

OpenAlex ID: W2078836498

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