Schwaninger Mast

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Completed research project

Title / Titel	Visual information processing in mental rotation of faces
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Original title / Originaltitel	Visuelle Informationsverarbeitung bei der mentalen Rotation von Gesichtern
Summary / Zusammenfassung	The recognition of identity is impaired when faces are presented upside down. This distinct dependency on orientation is a particularity of face perception and its underlying determinants are critically explored in behavioral experiments by measuring reaction times and error rates. The effect of a selective alteration of facial components and configurations was tested in a sequential same-different matching task. Weitere Informationen
Publications / Publikationen	Schwaninger, A. & Mast, F. (2005). The face inversion effect can be explained by capacity limitations of an orientation normalization mechanism. Japanese Psychological Research, 47(3), 216–222. [PDF] Weitere Informationen
Keywords / Suchbegriffe	Mental Rotation, face Recognition
Project leadership and contacts / Projektleitung und Kontakte	Dr. Adrian Schwaninger (Project Leader)   Prof. Dr. F. Mast (Project Leader)
Other links to external web pages	http://www.psychologie.uzh.ch/vicoreg/
Funding source(s) / Unterstützt durch	Universität Zürich (position pursuing an academic career), SNF (Personen- und Projektförderung)
In collaboration with / In Zusammenarbeit mit	Dr. Fred Mast Department of Psychology Harvard University Cambridge, MA 02138 United States
Duration of Project / Projektdauer	Nov 1998 to Dec 2003