Contextual Effects in Face Lightness Perception Are Not Expertise-Dependent
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Stimuli and Apparatus
2.3. Tasks and Procedures
3. Results
3.1. Face Matches
3.2. Patch Matches
3.3. Matching Durations
3.4. Race Recognition
4. Discussion
4.1. The Effect of Race Context on Face Lightness Judgments
4.2. The (Lack of) Expertise-Related Modulations in Face Lightness Estimations
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Chang, D.H.F.; Cheang, Y.Y.; So, M. Contextual Effects in Face Lightness Perception Are Not Expertise-Dependent. Vision 2018, 2, 23. https://doi.org/10.3390/vision2020023
Chang DHF, Cheang YY, So M. Contextual Effects in Face Lightness Perception Are Not Expertise-Dependent. Vision. 2018; 2(2):23. https://doi.org/10.3390/vision2020023
Chicago/Turabian StyleChang, Dorita H. F., Yin Yan Cheang, and May So. 2018. "Contextual Effects in Face Lightness Perception Are Not Expertise-Dependent" Vision 2, no. 2: 23. https://doi.org/10.3390/vision2020023