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<div>So, we’ve just reached our 100<font size="1"><sup>th</sup></font> member, welcome! That many introductions might be a bit much. I’m not sure off hand how to do a searchable site, but it can’t be that hard; google probably has something.</div>
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<div>Meanwhile, I’ve a paper just accepted in Perception: </div>
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<div>Adaptation may cause some of the face caricature effect</div>
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<div>One of the ways to demonstrate a caricature preference is to ask participants to adjust a face image over a range from anti-caricature to caricature until it shows the best likeness to a specific individual. Since facial adaptation, whereby exposure to
a face influences subsequent perception of faces, is rapid, it is possible that adaptation promotes the selection of a caricatured image. We tested whether giving participants a reference average face image, to counteract any adaptation, would reduce the degree
of caricature selected for famous faces. Results confirmed a significant decrease, but even without an average, participants chose an anti-caricatured image. These data suggest a role for adaptation in generating caricature preferences while also suggesting
such preferences are not inevitable.</div>
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<div>Author postprint version available via<font face="Consolas, monospace" size="2"> </font><a href="http://hdl.handle.net/1893/2732"><font face="Consolas, monospace" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://hdl.handle.net/1893/2732</u></font></a></div>
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<div>Following from Andy’s kind reference to the Riby & Hancock paper, if anyone can’t see Neuropsychologia, the paper is also in our repository:<font face="Consolas, monospace" size="2"> </font><a href="http://hdl.handle.net/1893/468"><font face="Consolas, monospace" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://hdl.handle.net/1893/468</u></font></a></div>
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<div>Peter</div>
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<div><font size="2">Peter Hancock<br>
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Psychology, School of Natural Sciences<br>
University of Stirling<br>
FK9 4LA, UK<br>
phone 01786 467675<br>
fax 01786 467641<br>
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