Distinct contributions to facial emotion perception of foveated vs nonfoveated facial features

Atkinson, A.P.; Smithson, H.E.

Abstract

Foveated stimuli receive visual processing that is quantitatively and qualitatively different from non-foveated stimuli. At normal interpersonal distances, people move their eyes around another’s face so that certain features receive foveal processing; on any given fixation, other features therefore project extrafoveally. Yet little is known about the processing of extrafoveally-presented facial features, how informative those extrafoveally-presented features are for face perception (e.g., for assessing another’s emotion), or what processes extract task-relevant (e.g., emotion-related) cues from facial features that first appear outside the fovea, and how these processes are implemented in the brain.

Citation

Atkinson, A., & Smithson, H. (2013). Distinct contributions to facial emotion perception of foveated vs nonfoveated facial features. Emotion Review, 5(1), 30-35. https://doi.org/10.1177/1754073912457226

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 26, 2012
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2013
• Deposit Date: Jun 28, 2012
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 17, 2013
• Journal: Emotion Review
• Print ISSN: 1754-0739
• Electronic ISSN: 1754-0747
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 30-35
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1754073912457226
• Keywords: Amygdala, Attention, Emotion perception, Eye movements, Face perception, Peripheral vision, Magnocellular.
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1505369