Factors shaping categorical face processing (C09*)

• Subject Area: General, Cognitive and Mathematical Psychology
• Term: since 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 222641018

Project C09 combines psychophysics, eye tracking and neuroimaging with computational modelling to understand factors shaping face processing. Traditionally, face processing has been investigated in an isolated, domain-specific manner. Here, we will probe multi-facetted factors affecting face processing, such as its plasticity to artificial features and its dependence on domain-general visual field biases and scene context. Based on these findings, we will build multiple-domain computational models allowing for a comprehensive prediction of human face processing and the factors shaping it in natural contexts.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 135: Cardinal mechanisms of perception: Prediction, Valuation, Categorization
• International Connection: United Kingdom
• Applicant Institution: Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
• Project Heads: Dr. Katharina Dobs; Professor Benjamin de Haas, Ph.D.