The mechanisms of visual preference for a complex visual stimulus

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The purpose of this research project was to clarify the psychological mechanisms that determine preference for a complex visual stimulus such as a natural scene or face. In this project, I focused on the interaction between the physical properties of the visual stimuli and observers’ experience. In a series of experiments with a gaze-cueing paradigm, it was found that preference on faces was modulated by statistical information embedded in the current task setting.