Open AccessStudies of face perception in humans using magneto‐ and electro‐encephalography
Author(s) -
Miki Kensaku,
Kakigi Ryusuke
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
japanese psychological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.392
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1468-5884
pISSN - 0021-5368
DOI - 10.1111/jpr.12023
Subject(s) - fusiform face area , face perception , perception , psychology , face (sociological concept) , communication , cognitive psychology , inversion (geology) , computer vision , neuroscience , computer science , geology , paleontology , social science , structural basin , sociology
This article summarizes the results of magneto‐ and electroencephalographic studies on face perception as follows: (a) The perception of movement of facial parts is probably processed in the same manner, different from motion in general; (b) There is specific information processing for eye movements in the occipitotemporal area and this activity is significantly influenced by whether movements appear with the contour and/or features of the face; (c) The activity in the right fusiform area is more affected by the inversion of facial features while that in the left fusiform area is more affected by the disruption of the spatial relation between the contour and features in static face perception, and the activity in the right occipitotemporal area is affected by the inversion of the facial contour in dynamic face perception; and (d) The areas of the brain involved in perceiving changes in facial emotion have not matured by 14 years of age.