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Configural but Not Featural Face Information Is Associated With Automatic Processing
Configural face processing precedes featural face processing under the face-attended condition, but their temporal sequence in the absence of attention is unclear. The present study investigated this issue by recording visual mismatch negativity (vMMN), which indicates the automatic processing of vi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9045007/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35496070 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2022.884823 |
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author | Wang, Hailing Chen, Enguang Li, JingJing Ji, Fanglin Lian, Yujing Fu, Shimin |
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description | Configural face processing precedes featural face processing under the face-attended condition, but their temporal sequence in the absence of attention is unclear. The present study investigated this issue by recording visual mismatch negativity (vMMN), which indicates the automatic processing of visual information under unattended conditions. Participants performed a central cross size change detection task, in which random sequences of faces were presented peripherally, in an oddball paradigm. In Experiment 1, configural and featural faces (deviant stimuli) were presented infrequently among original faces (standard stimuli). In Experiment 2, configural faces were presented infrequently among featural faces, or vice versa. The occipital-temporal vMMN emerged in the 200–360 ms latency range for configural, but not featural, face information. More specifically, configural face information elicited a substantial vMMN component in the 200–360 ms range in Experiment 1. This result was replicated in the 320–360 ms range in Experiment 2, especially in the right hemisphere. These results suggest that configural, but not featural, face information is associated with automatic processing and provides new electrophysiological evidence for the different mechanisms underlying configural and featural face processing under unattended conditions. |
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spelling | pubmed-90450072022-04-28 Configural but Not Featural Face Information Is Associated With Automatic Processing Wang, Hailing Chen, Enguang Li, JingJing Ji, Fanglin Lian, Yujing Fu, Shimin Front Hum Neurosci Neuroscience Configural face processing precedes featural face processing under the face-attended condition, but their temporal sequence in the absence of attention is unclear. The present study investigated this issue by recording visual mismatch negativity (vMMN), which indicates the automatic processing of visual information under unattended conditions. Participants performed a central cross size change detection task, in which random sequences of faces were presented peripherally, in an oddball paradigm. In Experiment 1, configural and featural faces (deviant stimuli) were presented infrequently among original faces (standard stimuli). In Experiment 2, configural faces were presented infrequently among featural faces, or vice versa. The occipital-temporal vMMN emerged in the 200–360 ms latency range for configural, but not featural, face information. More specifically, configural face information elicited a substantial vMMN component in the 200–360 ms range in Experiment 1. This result was replicated in the 320–360 ms range in Experiment 2, especially in the right hemisphere. These results suggest that configural, but not featural, face information is associated with automatic processing and provides new electrophysiological evidence for the different mechanisms underlying configural and featural face processing under unattended conditions. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-04-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9045007/ /pubmed/35496070 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2022.884823 Text en Copyright © 2022 Wang, Chen, Li, Ji, Lian and Fu. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Neuroscience Wang, Hailing Chen, Enguang Li, JingJing Ji, Fanglin Lian, Yujing Fu, Shimin Configural but Not Featural Face Information Is Associated With Automatic Processing |
title | Configural but Not Featural Face Information Is Associated With Automatic Processing |
title_full | Configural but Not Featural Face Information Is Associated With Automatic Processing |
title_fullStr | Configural but Not Featural Face Information Is Associated With Automatic Processing |
title_full_unstemmed | Configural but Not Featural Face Information Is Associated With Automatic Processing |
title_short | Configural but Not Featural Face Information Is Associated With Automatic Processing |
title_sort | configural but not featural face information is associated with automatic processing |
topic | Neuroscience |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9045007/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35496070 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2022.884823 |
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