Face processing - 9 articles

First- and second-order configural sensitivity for greeble stimuli in baboons.

Parron, C. & Fagot, J. (2010). First- and second-order configural sensitivity for greeble stimuli in baboons. Learning and Behaviour, 38, 374-81   Abstract – Previous studies on nonhuman primates have shown inconsistencies in their processing of first- and second-order relational properties of facial stimuli. Using greeble stimuli sharing configural properties with faces, this study assessed […]

Local and global processing : observations from a remote culture.

Davidoff, J., Fonteneau, E. & Fagot, J. (2008). Local and global processing : observations from a remote culture. Cognition, 108(3), 702-709   Copyright restrictions prevent me from posting this article online, but you can request it from me below.   Abstract – In Experiment 1, a normal adult population drawn from a remote culture (Himba) […]

Baboons (papio papio) spontaneously process first- but not second-order configural relationships in faces

Parron, C. & Fagot, J. (2008). Baboons (Papio papio) spontaneously process first- but not second-order configural relationships in faces. American Journal of Primatology, 70, 415-422   Abstract – A two-alternative forced-choice discrimination task was used to assess whether baboons (N = 7) spontaneously process qualitative (i.e., first-order) or quantitative (i.e., second-order) variations in the configural […]

Categorizing facial identities, emotions and genders : attention to high- and low- spatial frequencies by children and adults.

Deruelle, C. & Fagot, J. (2005) Categorizing Facial Identities, Emotions and Genders : Attention to High- and Low- Spatial Frequencies by Children and adults. Journal of Experimental Child Psycholology, 172-184   Copyright restrictions prevent me from posting this article online, but you can request it from me below.   Abstract – Three age groups of […]

Perception of pictorial eye-gaze by baboons (papio papio)

Fagot, J. & Deruelle, C. (2002). Perception of pictorial eye-gaze by baboons (Papio papio). Journal of Experimental Psychology : Animal Behavior Processes, 28, 298-309   Copyright restrictions prevent me from posting this article online, but you can request it from me below.   Abstract -Pictorial faces looking left or right were presented to baboons (Papio […]

Perception of pictorial humans faces by baboons (papio papio) : effects of stimulus orientation on discrimination performance

Martin-Malivel, J. & Fagot, J. (2001). Perception of pictorial humans faces by baboons (Papio papio) : effects of stimulus orientation on discrimination performance. Animal Learning and Behaviour, 29, 10-203   Abstract – The effect of stimulus rotation was assessed in four Guinea baboons (Papio papio), using pictures of familiar human faces presented in a computerized […]

Book – picture perception in animals

Fagot, J. (Ed., 2000). Picture perception in animals. Hove : Psychology Press Ltd., 447 pages.   Abstract – Animal researchers commonly present pictures to their subjects, usually birds or monkeys, in order to infer how natural objects are perceived and conceptualised, or to discover the brain mechanisms underlying these abilities. This unique book questions the […]

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