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Visual Gnosis and Face Perception

Visual Gnosis and Face Perception

Shozo Tobimatsu
Copyright: © 2012 |Volume: 3 |Issue: 4 |Pages: 10
ISSN: 1947-3133|EISSN: 1947-3141|EISBN13: 9781466611245|DOI: 10.4018/ijcmam.2012100102
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Tobimatsu, Shozo. "Visual Gnosis and Face Perception." IJCMAM vol.3, no.4 2012: pp.11-20. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijcmam.2012100102

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Tobimatsu, S. (2012). Visual Gnosis and Face Perception. International Journal of Computational Models and Algorithms in Medicine (IJCMAM), 3(4), 11-20. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijcmam.2012100102

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Tobimatsu, Shozo. "Visual Gnosis and Face Perception," International Journal of Computational Models and Algorithms in Medicine (IJCMAM) 3, no.4: 11-20. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijcmam.2012100102

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Abstract

There are two major parallel pathways in humans: the parvocellular (P) and magnocellular (M) pathways. The former has excellent spatial resolution with color selectivity, while the latter shows excellent temporal resolution with high contrast sensitivity. Visual stimuli should be tailored to answer specific clinical and/or research questions. This chapter examines the neural mechanisms of face perception using event-related potentials (ERPs). Face stimuli of different spatial frequencies were used to investigate how low-spatial-frequency (LSF) and high-spatial-frequency (HSF) components of the face contribute to the identification and recognition of the face and facial expressions. The P100 component in the occipital area (Oz), the N170 in the posterior temporal region (T5/T6) and late components peaking at 270-390 ms (T5/T6) were analyzed. LSF enhanced P100, while N170 was augmented by HSF irrespective of facial expressions. This suggested that LSF is important for global processing of facial expressions, whereas HSF handles featural processing. There were significant amplitude differences between positive and negative LSF facial expressions in the early time windows of 270-310 ms. Subsequently, the amplitudes among negative HSF facial expressions differed significantly in the later time windows of 330–390 ms. Discrimination between positive and negative facial expressions precedes discrimination among different negative expressions in a sequential manner based on parallel visual channels. Interestingly, patients with schizophrenia showed decreased spatial frequency sensitivities for face processing. Taken together, the spatially filtered face images are useful for exploring face perception and recognition.

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