Configural and featural processing during face perception: A new stimulus set

A new stimulus set of 60 male-face stimuli in seven in-depth orientations was developed. The set can be used in research on configural versus featural mechanisms of face processing. Configural, or holistic, changes are produced by changing the global form of the face, whereas featural, or part-based...

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Published in:Behavior research methods 2009-05, Vol.41 (2), p.279-283
Main Authors: Van Belle, Goedele, De Smet, Michael, De Graef, Peter, Van Gool, Luc, Verfaillie, Karl
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Color
Eye movements
Face
Female
Humans
Male
Manipulation
Photic Stimulation
Psychology
Studies
Visual Perception - physiology
Young Adult
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Summary:A new stimulus set of 60 male-face stimuli in seven in-depth orientations was developed. The set can be used in research on configural versus featural mechanisms of face processing. Configural, or holistic, changes are produced by changing the global form of the face, whereas featural, or part-based, changes are attained by altering the local form of internal facial features. For each face in the set, there is one other face that differs only by its global form and one other face that differs only by its internal features. In all faces, extrafacial cues have been eliminated or standardized. The stimulus set also contains a color-coded division of each face in areas of interest, which is useful for eye movement research on face scanning strategies. We report a matching experiment with upright and inverted face pairs that demonstrates that the face stimulus set is indeed useful for research on configural and featural face perception. The stimulus set may be downloaded from the Psychonomic Society’s archive (brm.psychonomic-journals.org/content/supplemental) or from our Web site (http://ppw.kuleuven .be/labexppsy/ newSite/resources)
ISSN:1554-351X
1554-3528
DOI:10.3758/BRM.41.2.279