NDLI: Face processing in humans and new world monkeys: the influence of experiential and ecological factors

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Neiworth, Julie J. Hassett, Janice M. Sylvester, Cara J.
Copyright Year	2006
Abstract	This study tests whether the face-processing system of humans and a nonhuman primate species share characteristics that would allow for early and quick processing of socially salient stimuli: a sensitivity toward conspecific faces, a sensitivity toward highly practiced face stimuli, and an ability to generalize changes in the face that do not suggest a new identity, such as a face differently oriented. The look rates by adult tamarins and humans toward conspecific and other primate faces were examined to determine if these characteristics are shared. A visual paired comparison (VPC) task presented subjects with either a human face, chimpanzee face, tamarin face, or an object as a sample, and then a pair containing the previous stimulus and a novel stimulus was presented. The stimuli were either presented all in an upright orientation, or all in an inverted orientation. The novel stimulus in the pair was either an orientation change of the same face/object or a new example of the same type of face/object, and the stimuli were shown either in an upright orientation or in an inverted orientation. Preference to novelty scores revealed that humans attended most to novel individual human faces, and this effect decreased significantly if the stimuli were inverted. Tamarins showed preferential looking toward novel orientations of previously seen tamarin faces in the upright orientation, but not in an inverted orientation. Similarly, their preference to look longer at novel tamarin and human faces within the pair was reduced significantly with inverted stimuli. The results confirmed prior findings in humans that novel human faces generate more attention in the upright than in the inverted orientation. The monkeys also attended more to faces of conspecifics, but showed an inversion effect to orientation change in tamarin faces and to identity changes in tamarin and human faces. The results indicate configural processing restricted to particular kinds of primate faces by a New World monkey species, with configural processing influenced by life experience (human faces and tamarin faces) and specialized to process orientation changes specific to conspecific faces.
Starting Page	125
Ending Page	134
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISSN	14359448
Journal	Animal Cognition
Volume Number	10
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	14359456
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2006-08-15
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Face processing Monkeys Conspecific Perception Tamarins Human Physiology Zoology Behavioural Sciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

The Thatcher illusion in squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus)

Multiple perceptual strategies used by macaque monkeys for face recognition

Left gaze bias in humans, rhesus monkeys and domestic dogs

Geometric distortions affect face recognition in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and monkeys (Macaca mulatta)

Sex categorization of conspecific pictures in Japanese monkeys (Macaca fuscata)

An inversion effect modified by expertise in capuchin monkeys

Orientation perception in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)

Face processing in humans and new world monkeys: the influence of experiential and ecological factors

The comparative psychophysics of complex shape perception

Face processing in humans and new world monkeys: the influence of experiential and ecological factors

Similar Documents

The Thatcher illusion in squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus)

Multiple perceptual strategies used by macaque monkeys for face recognition

Left gaze bias in humans, rhesus monkeys and domestic dogs

Geometric distortions affect face recognition in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and monkeys (Macaca mulatta)

Sex categorization of conspecific pictures in Japanese monkeys (Macaca fuscata)

An inversion effect modified by expertise in capuchin monkeys

Orientation perception in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)

Face processing in humans and new world monkeys: the influence of experiential and ecological factors

The comparative psychophysics of complex shape perception

Face processing in humans and new world monkeys: the influence of experiential and ecological factors