Adaptive processes in normal and disordered face perception

正常和紊乱面部感知的适应性过程

• 批准号: DP0877379
• 负责人: Prof Gillian Rhodes
• 金额: $ 51.95万
• 依托单位: The University of Western Australia
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2008-01-01 至 2013-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0877379
• 关键词: Adaptive; processes; normal; disordered; face

Faces provide a wealth of social cues that guide interpersonal interactions, and most individuals are able to distinguish thousands of faces despite their perceptual similarity. This research investigates the foundations of these impressive face-perception skills and how they are disrupted in autism, a developmental disorder in which face perception is impaired. We focus on how the brain adaptively tailors its perceptual apparatus to interpret the structure of a face, for its identity, emotional content, and even intent. Uncovering how these processes function in normal and abnormal face perception could help develop effective interventions when these processes are disrupted in autism.

面孔提供了丰富的社会线索，指导人际交往，大多数人能够区分数千张面孔，尽管他们的感知相似。这项研究调查了这些令人印象深刻的面部感知技能的基础，以及它们在自闭症中是如何被破坏的，自闭症是一种面部感知受损的发育障碍。 我们专注于大脑如何自适应地调整其感知装置来解释面部的结构，其身份，情感内容，甚至意图。揭示这些过程如何在正常和异常的面部感知中发挥作用，可以帮助在自闭症中这些过程被破坏时制定有效的干预措施。