Talk:Face perception
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[edit] Greebles
Hi, the "greebles" weren't computer generated nonsense figures, per se, but sets of stimuli created to form different "races" or "kinds" of greebles noticeable only by experts. Greebles themselves did not activate the fusiform in anyone, but only in Greeble experts. That was the significant finding, that the fusiform was activated in greeble experts, but little activation in novices.
Oh, and sorry about sounding too academic, I paraphrased lines from my honours thesis! - PSYCH 09:50, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- Hi there,
- I think Gauthier's greebles would probably be best described as 'nonsense shapes' to the non-expert reader (examples here and here), but thanks for the correction of the findings. I've updated the page with a more accurate description.
- - Vaughan 10:35, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- Thanks for the update. - PSYCH 11:47, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Chinese Words As Faces
Is there any evidence to suggest that human face perception is linked to reading Chinese words?McDogm--172.162.33.57 20:15, 1 May 2005 (UTC)
I somehow doubt it. EamonnPKeane 14:40, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Image
I'm not certain the caption is very accurate. If a person is exposed to this image, it may not appear to be a face. The caption, however, is a self-fulfilling prophecy in the sense that once someone is told that the image "is" a face, then it becomes clear that a face is in the image. After looking at this image at first, I did not see a face; It was not my first reaction to see a face. After reading the caption, the face was visible. I have a very good ability at distinguishing faces, and so we can rule out prosopognosia :). I understand the intent, but I am not convinced that seeing faces in every configuration that can be interpreted as a face is universal. Perhaps a more "face-like" image can be used? --~~
[edit] Links
| Youtube, Morphable 3D Face Model —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nadyes (talk • contribs) 12:23, 3 March 2007 (UTC).
