The Lady's not for turning: Rotation of the Thatcher illusion

被引：50

作者：

Lewis, MB ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Cardiff Univ, Sch Psychol, Cardiff CF10 3YG, S Glam, Wales

来源：

PERCEPTION | 2001年 / 30卷 / 06期

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D O I：

10.1068/p3174

中图分类号：

R77 [眼科学];

学科分类号：

100212 ;

摘要：

Inversion is especially detrimental to the processing of Faces. This is clearly demonstrated by the Thatcher illusion. It has been suggested that this detriment is due to a loss of holistic or configural processing for inverted faces (Bartlett and Searcy, 1993 Cognitive Psychology 25 281 - 316). Sturzel and Spillmann (2000 Perception 29 937-942) suggest that this loss of configural processing occurs suddenly as a face is rotated slowly from upright to inverted. This hypothesis is tested in a study of the reaction times taken to indicate that a face has been Thatcherised at various angles of orientation. The results suggest that there is a gradual loss of configural information rather than a rapid switch From one type of processing to another.

引用

页码：769 / 774

页数：6

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