Configural processing and perceptions of head tilt

Collishaw, Stephan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4296-820X, Hole, G. J. and Schwaninger, A. 2005. Configural processing and perceptions of head tilt. Perception 34 (2) , pp. 163-168. 10.1068/p5216

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Abstract

Configural processing is important for face recognition, but its role in other types of face processing is unclear. In the present study, participants made judgments of head tilt for faces in which the vertical position of the internal facial region was varied. We found a highly reliable relationship between inner-face position and perceived head tilt. We also found that changes in inner-face position affected the perceived dimensions of an individual unchanged facial feature: compared to control faces, nearly two-thirds of faces in which the features had been moved down were judged to have a longer nose. This finding suggests an early integration of configural and featural processing to create a stable holistic percept of the face. The demonstration of holistic processing at a basic perceptual level (as opposed to during face recognition) is important as it constrains possible models of the relationships between featural and configural processing.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics (CNGG)
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Publisher:	Pion
ISSN:	0301-0066
Last Modified:	31 Oct 2022 10:05
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/83636

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