March 2011 - Face-research-list - University of Stirling Mailing Lists

Introduction
by Catherine Foster 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

Hi All, Just wanted to intoduce myself. I'm probably the most junior member here! Currently I'm working on my undergraduate disstertation looking at methods to reduce the other race effect. I'm supervised by Peter Hancock who has also employed me on summer bursaries here at Stirling University. I'm interested in several aspects of face recognition other than the other race effect especially failures in face processing and processing differences between familiar and unfamiliar faces. I'm hoping to do a face research related PhD as soon as I graduate this summer. Best, Catherine

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Webpage
by Christian Wallraven 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

Dear all, first off, thanks to Peter for getting things going - I think this list is a great idea! Also, I like the webpage suggestion and would be more than happy to create and host it. We can make a public and a private version of the page, so that contact details are only available to list subscribers. As for the content, I would envision a collection of links (e.g., labs, databases) as well as the member profiles. The profiles should be searchable and sortable and possibly might contain affiliation, bio, research interests, and key bibliography. Of course, the final format is up to the list to decide :) - I am happy to help set up this resource... As for my background, I graduated from the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics working on computer vision & face recognition under the supervision of Heinrich Bülthoff. Together with my colleague Christoph Dahl, I also did a few studies comparing macaque and human face perception recently, which might be of interest to some on the list. My current interests lie in perception of facial expressions, comparing human and computer face recognition performance, as well as multi-sensory face recognition. Best regards from Korea and hoping for a lively list Christian -- Christian Wallraven Cognitive Systems Lab Dept. of Brain & Cognitive Engineering Korea University email: wallraven(a)korea.ac.kr web: cogsys.korea.ac.kr

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Re: [Face-research-list] Webpage
by Christian Wallraven 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

Even better if someone's already working on it :) I like Elinor's keyword categories and think that this would be very helpful. In terms of the webpage, it would perhaps be nice to have - in addition to the networking functionality - some moderated extra pages that compile lists of useful links, review papers and books, teaching resources, etc. that could be accessed easily from the main page... Cheers, Christian On 02.03.2011, at 19:05, Peter Hancock wrote: > Excellent, volunteers are always good. Now we have two, because I was contacted last night by Sarah Bate, who is apparently already developing a networking site, called, reasonably enough, 'Facenet'. She's got some local funding to establish it, so it probably makes sense to go with that; feel free to post suggestions about what would be useful and I'll leave it to Sarah to see what's feasible and announce when it's ready. > > Peter > > -----Original Message----- > From: face-research-list-bounces(a)lists.stir.ac.uk [mailto:face-research-list-bounces@lists.stir.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Elinor McKone > Sent: 02 March 2011 09:37 > To: face-research-list Mailing List > Subject: Re: [Face-research-list] Webpage > > Wow, Christian, that is a wonderful offer! > > Re searchability, I think it would be good to have key words to > describe each person's research under headings. For example, this > might be: > > 1. Methods: (choose one or more of) > Behavioural > fMRI > ERP > Other brain imaging (eg. DTI) > Single cell > Computational modelling > Others: specify > > 2. Populations: (choose one or more of) > Human adults -- typical > Human children -- typical > Aging / Elderly > Prosopagnosia -- acquired > Prosopagnosia -- developmental; > Autism Spectrum Disorder > Other disorders where face processing is affected > Monkeys > Animals other than primates > Others: specify > > 3. Theoretical topics: (choose one or more of) > Identity > Expression > Gaze > Holistic processing / configural processing > Face-space > ...etc, etc, etc !! > > If people think this general approach would be a good idea, they might > care to expand the lists above (which are just based on what I came up > with in 10 mins). > > The general aim would be that, for example, if one wants to find > colleagues or potential collaborators who do behavioural work on gaze > processing in monkeys, or expression recognition in Autism, then > keyword searching would be a useful tool for doing this. > > Best, > Elinor > > On 02/03/2011, at 5:57 PM, Christian Wallraven wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> first off, thanks to Peter for getting things going - I think this >> list is a great idea! >> >> Also, I like the webpage suggestion and would be more than happy to >> create and host it. We can make a public and a private version of >> the page, so that contact details are only available to list >> subscribers. As for the content, I would envision a collection of >> links (e.g., labs, databases) as well as the member profiles. The >> profiles should be searchable and sortable and possibly might >> contain affiliation, bio, research interests, and key bibliography. >> Of course, the final format is up to the list to decide :) - I am >> happy to help set up this resource... >> >> As for my background, I graduated from the Max Planck Institute for >> Biological Cybernetics working on computer vision & face recognition >> under the supervision of Heinrich Bülthoff. Together with my >> colleague Christoph Dahl, I also did a few studies comparing macaque >> and human face perception recently, which might be of interest to >> some on the list. My current interests lie in perception of facial >> expressions, comparing human and computer face recognition >> performance, as well as multi-sensory face recognition. >> >> Best regards from Korea and hoping for a lively list >> >> Christian >> >> >> -- >> Christian Wallraven >> Cognitive Systems Lab >> Dept. of Brain & Cognitive Engineering >> Korea University >> email: wallraven(a)korea.ac.kr >> web: cogsys.korea.ac.kr >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Face-research-list mailing list >> Face-research-list(a)lists.stir.ac.uk >> http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/face-research-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Face-research-list mailing list > Face-research-list(a)lists.stir.ac.uk > http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/face-research-list > > -- > The Sunday Times Scottish University of the Year 2009/2010 > The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, > number SC 011159. > > > _______________________________________________ > Face-research-list mailing list > Face-research-list(a)lists.stir.ac.uk > http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/face-research-list > > -- Christian Wallraven Cognitive Systems Lab Dept. of Brain & Cognitive Engineering Korea University email: wallraven(a)korea.ac.kr web: cogsys.korea.ac.kr

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Chinese expression faces
by Ainsley Read 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

Hi Everyone I am contacting you all on behalf of Professor Gillian Rhodes, from the University of WA, who is looking for some Asian faces (preferably Chinese) with unambiguous emotion expressions (anger, happy, neutral) for a research project investigating the effects of race and expression on the interpretation of eye-gaze. So far we have faced difficulties locating Chinese faces with expressions that fit our requirements; if anyone knows of any faces such information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Ainsley Ainsley Read Research and Liaison Officer School of Psychology The University of Western Australia Crawley, Perth WA 6009 Australia Ph: (08) 6488 3573

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Re: [Face-research-list] Chinese expression faces
by Christian Wallraven 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

Hi Ainsley, all this is 3D, but contains emotions as well (500 people): http://www.bjut.edu.cn/sci/multimedia/mul-lab/3dface/face_database.htm Cheers, Christian On 02.03.2011, at 15:38, Ainsley Read wrote: > > Hi Everyone > > I am contacting you all on behalf of Professor Gillian Rhodes, from the University of WA, who is looking for some Asian faces (preferably Chinese) with unambiguous emotion expressions (anger, happy, neutral) for a research project investigating the effects of race and expression on the interpretation of eye-gaze. So far we have faced difficulties locating Chinese faces with expressions that fit our requirements; if anyone knows of any faces such information would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks > Ainsley > > > Ainsley Read > Research and Liaison Officer > School of Psychology > The University of Western Australia > Crawley, Perth > WA 6009 > Australia > Ph: (08) 6488 3573 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Face-research-list mailing list > Face-research-list(a)lists.stir.ac.uk > http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/face-research-list > > > -- Christian Wallraven Cognitive Systems Lab Dept. of Brain & Cognitive Engineering Korea University email: wallraven(a)korea.ac.kr web: cogsys.korea.ac.kr

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Re: [Face-research-list] Hi to old and new frends
by Bartlett, James C 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

I will briefly echo others' thank you to Peter and simply state this will doubtlessly be an invaluable mechanism for all of us. And, yes, a web page with names and research interests is a wonderful idea. Cheers, Jim Bartlett Cognition and Neuroscience School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences University of Texas at Dallas -----Original Message----- From: face-research-list-bounces(a)lists.stir.ac.uk [mailto:face-research-list-bounces@lists.stir.ac.uk] On Behalf Of face-research-list-request(a)lists.stir.ac.uk Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 3:50 PM To: face-research-list(a)lists.stir.ac.uk Subject: Face-research-list Digest, Vol 2, Issue 2 Send Face-research-list mailing list submissions to face-research-list(a)lists.stir.ac.uk To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/face-research-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to face-research-list-request(a)lists.stir.ac.uk You can reach the person managing the list at face-research-list-owner(a)lists.stir.ac.uk When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Face-research-list digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Building bridges (Isabel Gauthier) 2. Re: Building bridges (Elinor McKone) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 14:13:00 -0600 From: Isabel Gauthier <isabel.gauthier(a)vanderbilt.edu> Subject: [Face-research-list] Building bridges To: face-research-list(a)lists.stir.ac.uk Message-ID: <AANLkTikit16v2FbyF7aypRoAAayx81V5S6LZ+YH0etdT(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Thanks Peter for setting up this list. I do hope the list grows to a size where it will soon be impractical to have everyone introduce themselves. Maybe we need a web page that goes with this list where everyone can edit their profile (From an editor's point of view, that would be great!) What I *really* hope is that the list can be used to build some bridges between people who are interested in face processing on both sides of the Altantic. I had the great pleasure of meeting some of my UK colleagues recently in Cardiff, and seems we (and our students) have a lot to gain from better efforts to understand each other's work and find opportunities to interact and even collaborate. regards Isabel Gauthier Vanderbilt University Editor, JEP:General (http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/xge/) On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 1:53 PM, <face-research-list-request(a)lists.stir.ac.uk > wrote: > Send Face-research-list mailing list submissions to > face-research-list(a)lists.stir.ac.uk > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/face-research-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > face-research-list-request(a)lists.stir.ac.uk > > You can reach the person managing the list at > face-research-list-owner(a)lists.stir.ac.uk > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Face-research-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Hi! (Andy Young) > 2. Hi (Debbie Riby) > 3. Hi! (Andy Young) > 4. Re: Hello (Colin Hamilton) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 13:07:21 -0000 (GMT) > From: "Andy Young" <andy.young(a)york.ac.uk> > Subject: [Face-research-list] Hi! > To: "Face Research List" <face-research-list(a)lists.stir.ac.uk> > Message-ID: > <c3456bb7c4cde0a72b4db5985e589f93.squirrel(a)psycmail.york.ac.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8 > > Hello everyone, > > I just joined this list, and found no messages yet, so thought maybe > those of us who sign up might introduce ourselves. > > I've been working on faces since 1974, when Hadyn Ellis told me to > stop messing about with Piagetian psychology and do something more interesting. > I reckon that now makes me one of those who has been doing this stuff > for longer than most, and Hadyn was right - it has got more and more > interesting over the years. > > Thanks to Peter for starting this list, which I hope will be very > useful to us all. > > Cheers, > > Andy Young (sadly, now a misnomer). > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 15:31:15 +0000 > From: Debbie Riby <d.m.riby(a)newcastle.ac.uk> > Subject: [Face-research-list] Hi > To: "'Face-research-list(a)lists.stir.ac.uk'" > <Face-research-list(a)lists.stir.ac.uk> > Message-ID: > < > 72E8011D16097C49A1C0C040DC9ECD17E62EDAD62B(a)EXSAN01.campus.ncl.ac.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hello Everyone > > I thought Andy's suggest was great, that we introduce ourselves and > our interest in face perception when we join this new list - thanks > for setting it up Peter. > > > I completed my PhD on face perception in Williams syndrome and Autism > in the Faces Lab at Stirling University in 2007. I was supervised by > Vicki Bruce and Gwyneth Doherty-Sneddon. I then worked with Peter > Hancock on an ESRC grant that we held exploring attention to faces in > these two neuro-developmental disorders. > > Since March 2008 (exactly 3 years ago today!!) I have been a Lecturer > in the School of Psychology at Newcastle University. > > I am particularly interested in social perception and cognition in > individuals with Williams syndrome and Autism and I have been > exploring aspects of attention (or inattention in some cases) to > faces, the use of typical (or atypical) gaze behaviours and the > ability to interpret social / communicative signals (e.g. expressions > of emotion, trustworthiness, eye gaze shifts). I am just about to > start a new project funded by the British Academy to look at > assessments of trust and approachability for faces in Williams syndrome. > > I look forward to reading about everyone's interests in face > perception on this list. > > Best wishes > > Debbie > > > Dr. Debbie Riby > School of Psychology > Newcastle University > Ridley Building 1 > Framlington Place > Newcastle-upon-Tyne > NE1 7RU > > Direct Line: 0191 222 6557 > Web: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/psychology/staff/profile/d.m.riby > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was > scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.stir.ac.uk/pipermail/face-research-list/attachments/20110 > 301/3df64ed8/attachment-0001.htm > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 19:02:00 -0000 (GMT) > From: "Andy Young" <andy.young(a)york.ac.uk> > Subject: [Face-research-list] Hi! > To: "Face Research List" <face-research-list(a)lists.stir.ac.uk> > Message-ID: > <44c9f7c4dfab5a76b1a1e3fd4de7bbb1.squirrel(a)psycmail.york.ac.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8 > > Debbie's message reminds me that one thing this list could be useful > for is to disseminate things worth knowing. Ayone who hasn't seen it > should check out Figure 1 in (p.2857) in Riby and Hancock (2008, > Viewing it > differently: social scene perception in Williams syndrome and autism, > Neuropsychologia, 46, 2855-2860). It shows which parts of a scene get > fixated most by typically developing children, and for children with > autism or Williams syndrome. The result is very compelling! Good for > engaging your students' interest, too. > > Cheers, > > Andy. > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 17:47:22 -0000 > From: Colin Hamilton <colin.hamilton(a)northumbria.ac.uk> > Subject: Re: [Face-research-list] Hello > To: Face-research-list <Face-research-list(a)lists.stir.ac.uk> > Message-ID: > > <5D156E3D28E0AA41A29C93F4F245D8A30EBE1165(a)EVS-DAY.campus.unn.ac.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hello > > > > I should follow Andy promptly as I am one of the more recent recruits > to the field despite having discussed some face research issues with > Andy at Durham many (many) years ago. My interest lies in the > perception-visual working memory interface, and in particular the > short term representation of fine, coordinate or high fidelity, > information. A paper by Scolari, Vogel and Awh prompted my interest in > face visual memory by alluding to tantalising interactions with > perceptual processes. I am not sure those interactions exist but my > motivation continues. I am exploring the perceptual-memory interface > within the context of the other race effect, and with Debbie Riby at > Newcastle University, exploring the overlap of coordinate perceptual > processes with face 2nd order spatial processes within a developmental context. > > > > I also look forward to hearing of the particular research interests of > the face group members. > > > > Colin > > > > > > > > > > Dr Colin Hamilton > > Room NB129 > > Northumberland Building > > Department of Psychology > > Northumbria University > > Newcastle upon Tyne > > NE1 8ST > > UK > > tel +44 (0)191 2273086 > > > > From: face-research-list-bounces(a)lists.stir.ac.uk > [mailto:face-research-list-bounces@lists.stir.ac.uk] On Behalf Of > Debbie Riby > Sent: 01 March 2011 15:31 > To: 'Face-research-list(a)lists.stir.ac.uk' > Subject: [Face-research-list] Hi > > > > Hello Everyone > > > > I thought Andy's suggest was great, that we introduce ourselves and > our interest in face perception when we join this new list - thanks > for setting it up Peter. > > > > > > I completed my PhD on face perception in Williams syndrome and Autism > in the Faces Lab at Stirling University in 2007. I was supervised by > Vicki Bruce and Gwyneth Doherty-Sneddon. I then worked with Peter > Hancock on an ESRC grant that we held exploring attention to faces in > these two neuro-developmental disorders. > > > > Since March 2008 (exactly 3 years ago today!!) I have been a Lecturer > in the School of Psychology at Newcastle University. > > > > I am particularly interested in social perception and cognition in > individuals with Williams syndrome and Autism and I have been > exploring aspects of attention (or inattention in some cases) to > faces, the use of typical (or atypical) gaze behaviours and the > ability to interpret social / communicative signals (e.g. expressions > of emotion, trustworthiness, eye gaze shifts). I am just about to > start a new project funded by the British Academy to look at > assessments of trust and approachability for faces in Williams syndrome. > > > > I look forward to reading about everyone's interests in face > perception on this list. > > > > Best wishes > > > > Debbie > > > > > > Dr. Debbie Riby > > School of Psychology > > Newcastle University > > Ridley Building 1 > > Framlington Place > > Newcastle-upon-Tyne > > NE1 7RU > > > > Direct Line: 0191 222 6557 > > Web: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/psychology/staff/profile/d.m.riby > <http://www.ncl.ac.uk/psychology/staff/profile/d.m.riby> > > > > > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was > scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.stir.ac.uk/pipermail/face-research-list/attachments/20110 > 301/c46fc6c1/attachment.htm > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Face-research-list mailing list > Face-research-list(a)lists.stir.ac.uk > http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/face-research-list > > > End of Face-research-list Digest, Vol 2, Issue 1 > ************************************************ > > -- > The Sunday Times Scottish University of the Year 2009/2010 The > University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC > 011159. > > -- Isabel Gauthier Professor of Psychology Vanderbilt University ph: 615 322 1778 fax: 615 322 4706 REGULAR MAIL (via U.S. Postal Service) Vanderbilt University PMB 407817 2301 Vanderbilt Place Nashville, TN 37240 COURIER MAIL (via Fed Exp, UPS) Vanderbilt University Department of Psychology 111 21st Avenue South 301 Wilson Hall Nashville, TN 37240 My CV in a picture: http://tinyurl.com/CloudCV SAVE TREES! - please do not print this email unless necessary

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hi!
by Rachel Robbins 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

Hi everyone, I think the idea of introductions is a great one. My main interest in is how face (and object) processing changes with experience but I study this from a range of perspectives. My PhD was supervised by Elinor McKone and included a study on dog experts. I then did a post-doc with Daphne Maurer and Terri Lewis looking at normal and abnormal developmental changes in face and object recognition (including studying cataract patients). My second post-doc was with Max Coltheart and started investigating the relative importance of heads versus bodies to recognising people. At this point I also started setting up collaborations with Romina Palermo on prosopagnosia. I am now a Research Lecturer at the University of Western Sydney. Looking forward to more posts, Rachel Robbins

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Hello and new paper
by Peter Hancock 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

So, we've just reached our 100th 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. Meanwhile, I've a paper just accepted in Perception: Adaptation may cause some of the face caricature effect 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. Author postprint version available via http://hdl.handle.net/1893/2732 Following from Andy's kind reference to the Riby & Hancock paper, if anyone can't see Neuropsychologia, the paper is also in our repository: http://hdl.handle.net/1893/468 Peter Peter Hancock Professor Psychology, School of Natural Sciences University of Stirling FK9 4LA, UK phone 01786 467675 fax 01786 467641 http://www.psychology.stir.ac.uk/staff/phancock -- The Sunday Times Scottish University of the Year 2009/2010 The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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Building bridges
by Isabel Gauthier 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

Thanks Peter for setting up this list. I do hope the list grows to a size where it will soon be impractical to have everyone introduce themselves. Maybe we need a web page that goes with this list where everyone can edit their profile (From an editor's point of view, that would be great!) What I *really* hope is that the list can be used to build some bridges between people who are interested in face processing on both sides of the Altantic. I had the great pleasure of meeting some of my UK colleagues recently in Cardiff, and seems we (and our students) have a lot to gain from better efforts to understand each other's work and find opportunities to interact and even collaborate. regards Isabel Gauthier Vanderbilt University Editor, JEP:General (http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/xge/) On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 1:53 PM, <face-research-list-request(a)lists.stir.ac.uk > wrote: > Send Face-research-list mailing list submissions to > face-research-list(a)lists.stir.ac.uk > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/face-research-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > face-research-list-request(a)lists.stir.ac.uk > > You can reach the person managing the list at > face-research-list-owner(a)lists.stir.ac.uk > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Face-research-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Hi! (Andy Young) > 2. Hi (Debbie Riby) > 3. Hi! (Andy Young) > 4. Re: Hello (Colin Hamilton) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 13:07:21 -0000 (GMT) > From: "Andy Young" <andy.young(a)york.ac.uk> > Subject: [Face-research-list] Hi! > To: "Face Research List" <face-research-list(a)lists.stir.ac.uk> > Message-ID: > <c3456bb7c4cde0a72b4db5985e589f93.squirrel(a)psycmail.york.ac.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8 > > Hello everyone, > > I just joined this list, and found no messages yet, so thought maybe those > of us who sign up might introduce ourselves. > > I've been working on faces since 1974, when Hadyn Ellis told me to stop > messing about with Piagetian psychology and do something more interesting. > I reckon that now makes me one of those who has been doing this stuff for > longer than most, and Hadyn was right - it has got more and more > interesting over the years. > > Thanks to Peter for starting this list, which I hope will be very useful > to us all. > > Cheers, > > Andy Young (sadly, now a misnomer). > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 15:31:15 +0000 > From: Debbie Riby <d.m.riby(a)newcastle.ac.uk> > Subject: [Face-research-list] Hi > To: "'Face-research-list(a)lists.stir.ac.uk'" > <Face-research-list(a)lists.stir.ac.uk> > Message-ID: > < > 72E8011D16097C49A1C0C040DC9ECD17E62EDAD62B(a)EXSAN01.campus.ncl.ac.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hello Everyone > > I thought Andy's suggest was great, that we introduce ourselves and our > interest in face perception when we join this new list - thanks for setting > it up Peter. > > > I completed my PhD on face perception in Williams syndrome and Autism in > the Faces Lab at Stirling University in 2007. I was supervised by Vicki > Bruce and Gwyneth Doherty-Sneddon. I then worked with Peter Hancock on an > ESRC grant that we held exploring attention to faces in these two > neuro-developmental disorders. > > Since March 2008 (exactly 3 years ago today!!) I have been a Lecturer in > the School of Psychology at Newcastle University. > > I am particularly interested in social perception and cognition in > individuals with Williams syndrome and Autism and I have been exploring > aspects of attention (or inattention in some cases) to faces, the use of > typical (or atypical) gaze behaviours and the ability to interpret social / > communicative signals (e.g. expressions of emotion, trustworthiness, eye > gaze shifts). I am just about to start a new project funded by the British > Academy to look at assessments of trust and approachability for faces in > Williams syndrome. > > I look forward to reading about everyone's interests in face perception on > this list. > > Best wishes > > Debbie > > > Dr. Debbie Riby > School of Psychology > Newcastle University > Ridley Building 1 > Framlington Place > Newcastle-upon-Tyne > NE1 7RU > > Direct Line: 0191 222 6557 > Web: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/psychology/staff/profile/d.m.riby > > > > > >

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Hi!
by Andy Young 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

Debbie's message reminds me that one thing this list could be useful for is to disseminate things worth knowing. Ayone who hasn't seen it should check out Figure 1 in (p.2857) in Riby and Hancock (2008, Viewing it differently: social scene perception in Williams syndrome and autism, Neuropsychologia, 46, 2855-2860). It shows which parts of a scene get fixated most by typically developing children, and for children with autism or Williams syndrome. The result is very compelling! Good for engaging your students' interest, too. Cheers, Andy.

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