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@article{citeulike:748818, abstract = {Identification of a face is facilitated by adapting to its computationally opposite identity, suggesting that the average face functions as a norm for coding identity [Leopold, D. A., O'Toole, A. J., Vetter, T., \& Blanz, V. (2001). Prototype-referenced shape encoding revealed by high-level aftereffects. Nature Neuroscience, 4, 89-94; Leopold, D. A., Rhodes, G., M\"{u}ller, K. -M., \& Jeffery, L. (2005). The dynamics of visual adaptation to faces. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 272, 897-904]. Crucially, this interpretation requires that the aftereffect is selective for the opposite identity, but this has not been convincingly demonstrated. We demonstrate such selectivity, observing a larger aftereffect for opposite than non-opposite adapt-test pairs that are matched on perceptual contrast (dissimilarity). Component identities were also harder to detect in morphs of opposite than non-opposite face pairs. We propose an adaptive norm-based coding model of face identity.}, address = {School of Psychology, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.}, author = {Rhodes, G. and Jeffery, L.}, citeulike-article-id = {748818}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2006.03.002}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16647736}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=16647736}, doi = {10.1016/j.visres.2006.03.002}, issn = {0042-6989}, journal = {Vision Res}, keywords = {adaptation-paradigm, aftereffect, average-face, behavioral-study, coding, facial-identity, theory}, month = {September}, number = {18}, pages = {2977--2987}, posted-at = {2008-07-14 09:39:45}, priority = {2}, title = {Adaptive norm-based coding of facial identity.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2006.03.002}, volume = {46}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:748818 L3 - citeulike-article-id:748818 N2 - Identification of a face is facilitated by adapting to its computationally opposite identity, suggesting that the average face functions as a norm for coding identity [Leopold, D. A., O'Toole, A. J., Vetter, T., & Blanz, V. (2001). Prototype-referenced shape encoding revealed by high-level aftereffects. Nature Neuroscience, 4, 89-94; Leopold, D. A., Rhodes, G., Müller, K. -M., & Jeffery, L. (2005). The dynamics of visual adaptation to faces. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 272, 897-904]. Crucially, this interpretation requires that the aftereffect is selective for the opposite identity, but this has not been convincingly demonstrated. We demonstrate such selectivity, observing a larger aftereffect for opposite than non-opposite adapt-test pairs that are matched on perceptual contrast (dissimilarity). Component identities were also harder to detect in morphs of opposite than non-opposite face pairs. We propose an adaptive norm-based coding model of face identity. IS - 18 JF - Vision Res SN - 0042-6989 AD - School of Psychology, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia. EP - 2987 TI - Adaptive norm-based coding of facial identity. VL - 46 SP - 2977 KW - adaptation-paradigm KW - aftereffect KW - average-face KW - behavioral-study KW - coding KW - facial-identity KW - theory AU - Rhodes, G AU - Jeffery, L PY - 2006/09// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2006.03.002 ER -