The temporal dynamics of the link between configural face processing and dehumanization

Autor: Kurt Hugenberg, Robert J. Rydell, Steven G. Young, John Paul Wilson, Ryan E. Tracy
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 85:103883
ISSN: 0022-1031
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2019.103883
Popis: The human face conveys a wealth of information, including traits, states, and intentions. Just as fundamentally, the face also signals the humanity of a person. In the current research we report two experiments providing evidence that disruptions of configural face encoding affect the temporal dynamics of categorization during attempts to distinguish human from non-human faces. Specifically, the present experiments utilize mouse-tracking and find that face inversion elicits confusion amongst human and non-human categories early in the processing of human faces. This work affords the first examination of how facial inversion affects the dynamic processes underlying categorization of human and non-human faces.
Databáze: OpenAIRE