A review and clarification of the terms holistic, configural and relational in the face perception literature

Frontiers in Psychology

Daniel ePiepers¹  Rachel eRobbins¹ 

[1] The University of Western Sydney;

关键词: inversion;    relational;    holistic;    configural;    moving faces;    composite task;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00559

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

It is widely agreed that the human face is processed differently from other objects. However there is a lack of consensus on what is meant by a wide array of terms used to describe this special face processing (e.g. holistic and configural) and the perceptually relevant information within a face (e.g. relational properties and configuration). This paper will review existing models of holistic/configural processing, discuss how they differ from one another conceptually and review the wide variety of measures used to tap into these concepts. In general we favour a model where holistic processing of a face includes some or all of the inter-relations between features and has separate coding for features. However, some aspects of the model remain unclear. We propose the use of moving faces as a way of clarifying what types of information are included in the holistic representation of a face.

【 授权许可】

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