Prolonged visual experience in adulthood modulates holistic face perception.

BACKGROUND: Using the well-known composite illusion as a marker of the holistic perception of faces, we tested how prolonged visual experience with a specific population of faces (4- to 6-year-old children) modulates the face perception system in adulthood. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We report...

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Main Authors: Adélaïde de Heering, Bruno Rossion
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2386412?pdf=render