Talk:Face perception

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)

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)

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? --~~

Links

| Youtube, Morphable 3D Face Model —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nadyes (talk • contribs) 12:23, 3 March 2007 (UTC).

What about Faceblindness?

We take for granted that we would recognize the face of a loved one we see on a daily basis, but what if? http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3361813&page=1

when racism is politically correct

"evidence that the other-race effect is larger among White subjects than among African American subjects" Did I miss something or is African American now just a synonym for black or negro? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.216.218.147 (talk) 10:12, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

How is that racist? Do you deny there is MUCH greater diversity in White peoples appearance than other races? Racial differences are a reality! And yes, black and negro are synonyms for "african-american" Just the un-pc versions!, but then you don't hear American whites calling themselves European-Americans do you.Christopedia (talk) 14:57, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Own-race effect unclear

This section is a bit unclear to me.

Differences in own- versus other-race face recognition have been shown across a series of studies. This phenomenon is often referred to as the own-race effect.

I cut out a bunch of stuff, but basically it mentions there is a "difference", but not what the difference is exactly. I'm assuming it's easier for people to recognize faces of people of similar race, but it doesn't say that.

A meta-analysis, Mullen found evidence that the other-race effect is larger among White subjects than among African American subjects, whereas Brigham and Williamson obtained the opposite pattern.

That isn't very informative unless you know what the difference is exactly. I think it means one study found that one group is better at recognising faces of people of another race, and the other with the other group is better. This should be clarified. Retodon8 (talk) 15:32, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Animals?

I've seen facial perception/recognition talked about from animals (specifically crows and bees). Would this be the correct article to add such information? MiltonT (talk) 05:00, 2 February 2010 (UTC)