PerceptionPub Date : 2023-08-01DOI: 10.1177/03010066231178489
DongWon Oh, Nicole Wedel, Brandon Labbree, Alexander Todorov
{"title":"Trustworthiness judgments without the halo effect: A data-driven computational modeling approach.","authors":"DongWon Oh, Nicole Wedel, Brandon Labbree, Alexander Todorov","doi":"10.1177/03010066231178489","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/03010066231178489","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Trustworthy-looking faces are also perceived as more attractive, but are there other meaningful cues that contribute to perceived trustworthiness? Using data-driven models, we identify these cues after removing attractiveness cues. In Experiment 1, we show that both judgments of trustworthiness and attractiveness of faces manipulated by a model of perceived trustworthiness change in the same direction. To control for the effect of attractiveness, we build two new models of perceived trustworthiness: a subtraction model, which forces the perceived attractiveness and trustworthiness to be negatively correlated (Experiment 2), and an orthogonal model, which reduces their correlation (Experiment 3). In both experiments, faces manipulated to appear more trustworthy were indeed perceived to be more trustworthy, but not more attractive. Importantly, in both experiments, these faces were also perceived as more approachable and with more positive expressions, as indicated by both judgments and machine learning algorithms. The current studies show that the visual cues used for trustworthiness and attractiveness judgments can be separated, and that apparent approachability and facial emotion are driving trustworthiness judgments and possibly general valence evaluation.</p>","PeriodicalId":49708,"journal":{"name":"Perception","volume":"52 8","pages":"590-607"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9788701","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PerceptionPub Date : 2023-08-01DOI: 10.1177/03010066231175827
Árni Kristjánsson, Ómar I Jóhannesson
{"title":"Assessing the time course and magnitude of different forms of attentional priming.","authors":"Árni Kristjánsson, Ómar I Jóhannesson","doi":"10.1177/03010066231175827","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/03010066231175827","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Priming of attentional selection involves speeded selection of task-relevant visual search items when search stimuli remain constant between trials. Various paradigms involving different features have been used to study the nature of this priming. The tasks differ greatly in difficulty and the neural mechanisms involved, raising the question of how easily priming on one feature dimension can be used to draw conclusions about priming on another. Here, this was addressed by contrasting time courses and relative sizes of priming effects for the repetition of a lower-level and higher-level feature (color vs. facial expression). Priming was tested in two odd-one-out search tasks, one involving discrimination (experiments 1A and 1B), the other a present/absent judgment (experiments 2A and 2B). The main question was how similar the size and temporal profiles of priming are for the two features. The sizes of the priming effects were very different for color and expression and color priming effects lasted for much longer than expression priming (measured with memory kernel analyses), suggesting that the mechanisms behind the effects differ in their operational principles. Different forms of priming should only be compared with great caution and priming seems to occur at many levels of processing. Priming should be thought of as a general principle of perceptual processing.</p>","PeriodicalId":49708,"journal":{"name":"Perception","volume":"52 8","pages":"527-544"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10152842","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PerceptionPub Date : 2023-08-01DOI: 10.1177/03010066231178232
María José Pérez-Fabello, Alfredo Campos
{"title":"Effectiveness of the ability to form mental images in Müller-Lyer optical illusions.","authors":"María José Pérez-Fabello, Alfredo Campos","doi":"10.1177/03010066231178232","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/03010066231178232","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The purpose of this study was to establish whether wing length and the ability to form spatial mental images and vivid images affected optical illusions obtained in the Müller-Lyer figures, both real and imagined. The study involved a group of 137 fine arts college students who were shown two forms of the Müller-Lyer figures with different wing length (15 and 45 mm). In the imagined situation, a plain horizontal line was presented, and participants were expected to imagine the arrowheads aligned in the same way as in the real situation. Discrepancies in the perception of the horizontal lines in the Müller-Lyer illusion (\"Point of Subjective Equality\") were measured both in the real and imagined situation. Participants were then asked to complete the Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire and the Measure of the Ability to Form Spatial Mental Imagery. It emerged that, in the condition of 45 mm wing length, participants were significantly more susceptible to the illusion than those in the condition of 15 mm wing length. Additionally, in the real situation, participants scoring high in spatial image were significantly more resistant to the illusion than those scoring low.</p>","PeriodicalId":49708,"journal":{"name":"Perception","volume":"52 8","pages":"576-589"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10177089","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PerceptionPub Date : 2023-07-18DOI: 10.1177/03010066231187465
H. Ashida
{"title":"Book Review: A Sense of Plausibility in Vision and Music Perception by Yoshizawa, T.","authors":"H. Ashida","doi":"10.1177/03010066231187465","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/03010066231187465","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49708,"journal":{"name":"Perception","volume":"52 1","pages":"676 - 677"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42904306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PerceptionPub Date : 2023-07-01DOI: 10.1177/03010066231175014
Poutasi W B Urale, Dietrich Samuel Schwarzkopf
{"title":"Effects of cortical distance on the Ebbinghaus and Delboeuf illusions.","authors":"Poutasi W B Urale, Dietrich Samuel Schwarzkopf","doi":"10.1177/03010066231175014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/03010066231175014","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Ebbinghaus and Delboeuf illusions affect the perceived size of a target circle depending on the size and proximity of circular inducers or a ring. Converging evidence suggests that these illusions are driven by interactions between contours mediated by their cortical distance in primary visual cortex. We tested the effect of cortical distance on these illusions using two methods: First, we manipulated retinal distance between target and inducers in a two-interval forced choice design, finding that targets appeared larger with a closer surround. Next, we predicted that targets presented peripherally should appear larger due to cortical magnification. Hence, we tested the illusion strength when positioning the stimuli at various eccentricities, with results supporting this hypothesis. We calculated estimated cortical distances between illusion elements in each experiment and used these estimates to compare the relationship between cortical distance and illusion strength across our experiments. In a final experiment, we modified the Delboeuf illusion to test whether the influence of the inducers/annuli in this illusion is influenced by an inhibitory surround. We found evidence that an additional outer ring makes targets appear smaller compared to a single-ring condition, suggesting that near and distal contours have antagonistic effects on perceived target size.</p>","PeriodicalId":49708,"journal":{"name":"Perception","volume":"52 7","pages":"459-483"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10291393/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10084947","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PerceptionPub Date : 2023-07-01DOI: 10.1177/03010066231175829
Jing Li, Shijie Shang, Man Zhang, Pinqing Yue, Weicong Ren, Pan Zhang, Zeng Wang, Di Wu
{"title":"Effects of short-term -30° HDT on contrast sensitivity.","authors":"Jing Li, Shijie Shang, Man Zhang, Pinqing Yue, Weicong Ren, Pan Zhang, Zeng Wang, Di Wu","doi":"10.1177/03010066231175829","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/03010066231175829","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Potential cognitive and physiological alterations due to space environments have been investigated in long-term space flight and various microgravity-like conditions, for example, head-down tilt (HDT), confinement, isolation, and immobilization. However, little is known about the influence of simulated microgravity environments on visual function. Contrast sensitivity (CS), which indicates how much contrast a person requires to see a target, is a fundamental feature of human vision. Here, we investigated how the CS changed by 1-h -30° HDT and determined the corresponding mechanisms with a perceptual template model. A quick contrast sensitivity function procedure was used to assess the CS at ten spatial frequencies and three external noise levels. We found that (1) relative to the + 30° head-up tilt (HUT) position, 1-h -30° HDT significantly deteriorated the CS at intermediate frequencies when external noise was present; (2) CS loss was not detected in zero- or high-noise conditions; (3) HDT-induced CS loss was characterized by impaired perceptual template; and (4) self-reported questionnaires indicated that subjects felt less pleasure and more excitement, less comfort and more fatigued by screen light, less comfort in the area around the eye, and serious symptoms such as piercing pain, blur acid, strain, eye burning, and dizziness after HDT. These findings improve our understanding of the negative effects of simulated microgravity on visual function and elucidate the potential risks of astronauts during space flight.</p>","PeriodicalId":49708,"journal":{"name":"Perception","volume":"52 7","pages":"502-513"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10058427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PerceptionPub Date : 2023-07-01DOI: 10.1177/03010066231175599
Jeffrey B Wagman, Tyler Duffrin, Christopher C Pagano, Brian M Day
{"title":"Gone Fishin': Perceiving the length of one object that is non-rigidly attached to a wielded object.","authors":"Jeffrey B Wagman, Tyler Duffrin, Christopher C Pagano, Brian M Day","doi":"10.1177/03010066231175599","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/03010066231175599","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We performed four experiments to investigate whether people can perceive the length of a target object (a \"fish\") that is attached to a freely wielded object (the \"fishing pole\") by a length of string, and if so, whether this ability is grounded in the sensitivity of the touch system to invariant mechanical parameters that describe the forces and torques required to move the target object. In particular, we investigated sensitivity to mass, static moment, and rotational inertia-the forces required to keep an object from falling due to gravity, the torque required to keep an object from rotating due to gravity, and the torques required to actively rotate an object in different directions, respectively. We manipulated the length of the target object (Experiment 1), the mass of the target object (Experiment 2), and the mass distribution of the target object (Experiments 3 and 4). Overall, the results of the four experiments showed that participants can perform this task. Moreover, when the task is configured such that it more closely approximates a wielding at a distance task, the ability to do so is grounded in sensitivity to such forces and torques.</p>","PeriodicalId":49708,"journal":{"name":"Perception","volume":"52 7","pages":"484-501"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9681899","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PerceptionPub Date : 2023-07-01DOI: 10.1177/03010066231172087
Feriel Zoghlami, Matteo Toscani
{"title":"Foveal to peripheral extrapolation of facial emotion.","authors":"Feriel Zoghlami, Matteo Toscani","doi":"10.1177/03010066231172087","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/03010066231172087","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Peripheral vision is characterized by poor resolution. Recent evidence from brightness perception suggests that missing information is filled out with information at fixation. Here we show a novel filling-out mechanism: when participants are presented with a crowd of faces, the perceived emotion of faces in peripheral vision is biased towards the emotion of the face at fixation. This mechanism is particularly important in social situations where people often need to perceive the overall mood of a crowd. Some faces in the crowd are more likely to catch people's attention and be looked at directly, while others are only seen peripherally. Our findings suggest that the perceived emotion of these peripheral faces, and the overall perceived mood of the crowd, is biased by the emotions of the faces that people look at directly.</p>","PeriodicalId":49708,"journal":{"name":"Perception","volume":"52 7","pages":"514-523"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/f3/75/10.1177_03010066231172087.PMC10291354.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9707292","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PerceptionPub Date : 2023-07-01DOI: 10.1177/03010066231178664
Holly Bridge, Ifan Betina Ip, Andrew J Parker
{"title":"Investigating the human binocular visual system using multi-modal magnetic resonance imaging.","authors":"Holly Bridge, Ifan Betina Ip, Andrew J Parker","doi":"10.1177/03010066231178664","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/03010066231178664","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Having two forward-facing eyes with slightly different viewpoints enables animals, including humans, to discriminate fine differences in depth (disparities), which can facilitate interaction with the world. The binocular visual system starts in the primary visual cortex because that is where information from the eyes is integrated for the first time. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an ideal tool to non-invasively investigate this system since it can provide a range of detailed measures about structure, function, neurochemistry and connectivity of the human brain. Since binocular disparity is used for both action and object recognition, the binocular visual system is a valuable model system in neuroscience for understanding how basic sensory cues are transformed into behaviourally relevant signals. In this review, we consider how MRI has contributed to the understanding of binocular vision and depth perception in the human brain. Firstly, MRI provides the ability to image the entire brain simultaneously to compare the contribution of specific visual areas to depth perception. A large body of work using functional MRI has led to an understanding of the extensive networks of brain areas involved in depth perception, but also the fine-scale macro-organisation for binocular processing within individual visual areas. Secondly, MRI can uncover mechanistic information underlying binocular combination with the use of MR spectroscopy. This method can quantify neurotransmitters including GABA and glutamate within restricted regions of the brain, and evaluate the role of these inhibitory and excitatory neurochemicals in binocular vision. Thirdly, it is possible to measure the nature and microstructure of pathways underlying depth perception using diffusion MRI. Understanding these pathways provides insight into the importance of the connections between areas implicated in depth perception. Finally, MRI can help to understand changes in the visual system resulting from amblyopia, a neural condition where binocular vision does not develop correctly in childhood.</p>","PeriodicalId":49708,"journal":{"name":"Perception","volume":"52 7","pages":"441-458"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9682352","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PerceptionPub Date : 2023-06-13DOI: 10.1177/03010066231181324
Vebjørn Ekroll
{"title":"Book Review: Performing Deception: Learning, Skill and the Art of Conjuring by B. Rappert","authors":"Vebjørn Ekroll","doi":"10.1177/03010066231181324","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/03010066231181324","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49708,"journal":{"name":"Perception","volume":"52 1","pages":"608 - 609"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46517193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}