How face perception unfolds over time

How face perception unfolds over time

We can rapidly determine the gender, age and identity of a face, but the exact steps involved are unclear. Here, the authors show using magnetoencephalography (MEG) that gender and age are encoded in the brain before identity, and reveal the role of familiarity in the earliest stages of face process...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Katharina Dobs, Leyla Isik, Dimitrios Pantazis, Nancy Kanwisher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09239-1
id doaj-1015203561f44e2d898a0851d8c11adc
record_format Article
spelling doaj-1015203561f44e2d898a0851d8c11adc2021-05-11T12:28:09ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232019-03-0110111010.1038/s41467-019-09239-1How face perception unfolds over timeKatharina Dobs0Leyla Isik1Dimitrios Pantazis2Nancy Kanwisher3Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDepartment of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDepartment of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDepartment of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyWe can rapidly determine the gender, age and identity of a face, but the exact steps involved are unclear. Here, the authors show using magnetoencephalography (MEG) that gender and age are encoded in the brain before identity, and reveal the role of familiarity in the earliest stages of face processing.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09239-1
collection DOAJ
language English
format Article
sources DOAJ
author Katharina Dobs
Leyla Isik
Dimitrios Pantazis
Nancy Kanwisher
spellingShingle Katharina Dobs
Leyla Isik
Dimitrios Pantazis
Nancy Kanwisher
How face perception unfolds over time
Nature Communications
author_facet Katharina Dobs
Leyla Isik
Dimitrios Pantazis
Nancy Kanwisher
author_sort Katharina Dobs
title How face perception unfolds over time
title_short How face perception unfolds over time
title_full How face perception unfolds over time
title_fullStr How face perception unfolds over time
title_full_unstemmed How face perception unfolds over time
title_sort how face perception unfolds over time
publisher Nature Publishing Group
series Nature Communications
issn 2041-1723
publishDate 2019-03-01
description We can rapidly determine the gender, age and identity of a face, but the exact steps involved are unclear. Here, the authors show using magnetoencephalography (MEG) that gender and age are encoded in the brain before identity, and reveal the role of familiarity in the earliest stages of face processing.
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09239-1
work_keys_str_mv AT katharinadobs howfaceperceptionunfoldsovertime
AT leylaisik howfaceperceptionunfoldsovertime
AT dimitriospantazis howfaceperceptionunfoldsovertime
AT nancykanwisher howfaceperceptionunfoldsovertime
_version_ 1721444663801413632

Similar Items