August 2009
Volume 9, Issue 8
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Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting Abstract  |   August 2009
Motion-gradient defined facial expressions and the nature of face representation
Author Affiliations
  • Jianhua Wu
    Department of Neuroscience, and Department of Physiology & Cellular Biophysics, Columbia University
  • Hong Xu
    Department of Neuroscience, and Department of Physiology & Cellular Biophysics, Columbia University
  • Peter Dayan
    Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit, University College London
  • Ning Qian
    Department of Neuroscience, and Department of Physiology & Cellular Biophysics, Columbia University
Journal of Vision August 2009, Vol.9, 513. doi:https://doi.org/10.1167/9.8.513
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      Jianhua Wu, Hong Xu, Peter Dayan, Ning Qian; Motion-gradient defined facial expressions and the nature of face representation. Journal of Vision 2009;9(8):513. https://doi.org/10.1167/9.8.513.

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Abstract

Face perception and motion analysis are standard functions of the ventral and dorsal visual pathways, respectively. Although it has long been recognized that the separation of the two pathways is far from absolute, little is known about the relationship between face and motion processing. Based on the well-known phenomenon of motion mislocalization, we show that without varying any form cues, happy and sad facial expressions can be solely defined by local motion gradients in second-order cartoon faces. Moreover, we probe face representations by measuring how these second-order cartoon faces interact with first-order cartoon and real faces in cross-adaptation experiments. We find that the pattern of interactions is better explained by statistical similarities and differences between the backgrounds of the adapting and test stimuli than by the common notion of separate mechanisms for first- and second-order processing. Our work suggests that both form and motion cues, and both local features and background statistics, contribute to face representations.

Wu, J. Xu, H. Dayan, P. Qian, N. (2009). Motion-gradient defined facial expressions and the nature of face representation [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 9(8):513, 513a, http://journalofvision.org/9/8/513/, doi:10.1167/9.8.513. [CrossRef]
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