The hows and whys of face processing: Level of construal influences the holistic processing of human faces

Wyer, Natalie A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8169-976X, Hollins, Timothy J. and Pahl, Sabine (2015) The hows and whys of face processing: Level of construal influences the holistic processing of human faces. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 144 (6). pp. 1037-1041. ISSN 0096-3445

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Abstract

Face recognition and identification are optimized by holistic processing. Various visual-spatial manipulations appear to have transfer effects on holistic face processing. The present experiment tests the effects of a semantic manipulation-of construal level-on holistic processing as measured by composite congruency effects. Participants completed two blocks of trials. The first served as a baseline, whereas the second included a manipulation of construal level. High-level construal resulted in stronger congruency effects, indicative of greater holistic processing (relative to baseline and to low-level construal). These results have implications for conceptualizations of both construal level and holistic processing.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	face processing,construal level,composite paradigm,holistic processing
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Psychology
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Developmental Science Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Cognition, Action and Perception Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Social Cognition Research Group
Related URLs:	http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=sear...
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	23 Mar 2017 01:41
Last Modified:	22 Oct 2022 02:27
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/63070
DOI:	10.1037/xge0000112

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