Behavioral study of facial inversion effect and priming effect
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-6554.2011.07.022
- VernacularTitle:面孔倒置效应和诱导效应的行为学研究
- Author:
Jingjing GONG
;
Yon ZHANG
;
Weiwei ZHANG
;
Danmin MIAO
;
Xia ZHU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Priming effect;
Inversion effect;
Facial cognition;
Configuration
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2011;20(7):638-640
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To compare the cognitive difference of subjects'responses to the same visual stimuli under two different priming conditions,and to discuss the influence of inversion effect and configural changes upon facial recognition.Methods Priming pattern was employed,and subjects were induced to recognize the same stimuli as schematic faces or three English letters under different priming conditions.The participants'accuracy and reaction times were compared in two priming conditions. Results Participants'accuracy of the comparison stimuli in facial priming condition decreased significantly by inversion effect((79.03±10.53)%vs(89.43±9.98)%,P<0.01);reaction times of priming stimuli and comparison stimuli were delayed by inversion effect significantly((3720.40±607.71)ms vs(2998.33±544.02)ms,(3521.80±1038.20)ms vs(2750.87±867.13)ms,P<0.01),and there was no influence of inversion effect upon the reaction times of English letter stimuli(P>0.05).Correlations of accuracy to reaction times reached no significant difference under two conditions.Conclusion Priming effect make sense in the cognition,and there was a priming stage before the facial configuration.Inversion effect shows up in the face priming condition,and vanish in the English letter priming condition,which demonstrate the importance of configuration and inversion effect in the facial cognition.What's more,such effect can't be explained by the changes of cognitive difficulty.
