TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - The roles of visual expertise and visual input in the face inversion effect: Behavioral and neurocomputational evidence
JO  - Vision research
A1  - McCleery, Joseph P.
A1  - Zhang, Linhe
A1  - Ge, Liezhong
A1  - Wang, Zhongyan
A1  - Christiansen, Eric M.
A1  - Lee, Kiyoung
A1  - Cottrell, Garrison W.
SP  - 703
EP  - 715
VL  - 48
IS  - 5
N2  - Research has shown that inverting faces significantly disrupts the processing of configural information, leading to a face inversion effect. We recently used a contextual priming technique to show that the presence or absence of the face inversion effect can be determined via the top-down activation of face versus non-face processing systems [Ge, L., Wang, Z., McCleery, J., and Lee, K. (2006). Activation of face expertise and the inversion effect. Psychological Science, 17(1), 12-16]. In the current study, we replicate these findings using the same technique but under different conditions. We then extend these findings through the application of a neural network model of face and Chinese character expertise systems. Results provide support for the hypothesis that a specialized face expertise system develops through extensive training of the visual system with upright faces, and that top-down mechanisms are capable of influencing when this face expertise system is engaged.     <p></p>    <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0042-6989
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2007.11.025
ID  - ref1
ER  -