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Special Issue to celebrate 25 years of the Bruce and Young model
by Burton, Mike 19 Oct '11

19 Oct '11

Dear all - can I draw your attention to the latest issue of the British Journal of Psychology, which is a Special Issue entitled: Person Perception 25 years after Bruce and Young (1986). Here is a link to the issue: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bjop.2011.102.issue-4/issuetoc I have listed the contents below. best, Mike Burton ------ British Journal of Psychology, November 2011: Special Issue Contents Person perception 25 years after Bruce and Young (1986): An introduction (pages 695–703) Stefan R. Schweinberger and A. Mike Burton Speechreading and the Bruce–Young model of face recognition: Early findings and recent developments (pages 704–710) Ruth Campbell Understanding Voice Perception (pages 711–725) Pascal Belin, Patricia E. G. Bestelmeyer, Marianne Latinus and Rebecca Watson The neural processing of familiar and unfamiliar faces: A review and synopsis (pages 726–747) Vaidehi Natu and Alice J. O’Toole Neural correlates of adaptation to voice identity (pages 748–764) Stefan R. Schweinberger, Christian Walther, Romi Zäske and Gyula Kovács Multiple contributions to priming effects for familiar faces: Analyses with backward masking and event-related potentials (pages 765–782) Peggy Dörr, Grit Herzmann and Werner Sommer The role of eyes in early face processing: A rapid adaptation study of the inversion effect (pages 783–798) Dan Nemrodov and Roxane J. Itier Insights into the development of face recognition mechanisms revealed by face aftereffects (pages 799–815) Linda Jeffery and Gillian Rhodes Age biases in face processing: The effects of experience across development (pages 816–829) Viola Macchi Cassia Neural mechanisms of the automatic processing of emotional information from faces and voices (pages 830–848) Thomas Straube, Martin Mothes-Lasch and Wolfgang H. R. Miltner The face and person perception: Insights from social cognition (pages 849–867) Kimberly A. Quinn and C. Neil Macrae When it matters how you pronounce it: The influence of regional accents on job interview outcome (pages 868–883) Tamara Rakić, Melanie C. Steffens and Amélie Mummendey The role of name labels in the formation of face representations in event-related potentials (pages 884–898) Iris Gordon and James W. Tanaka The structure of semantic person memory: Evidence from semantic priming in person recognition (pages 899–914) Holger Wiese An appreciation of Bruce and Young's (1986) serial stage model of face naming after 25 years (pages 915–930) J. Richard Hanley The effect of motion at encoding and retrieval for same- and other-race face recognition (pages 931–942) Natalie Butcher, Karen Lander, Hui Fang and Nick Costen Mental representations of familiar faces (pages 943–958) A. Mike Burton, Rob Jenkins and Stefan R. Schweinberger Understanding person perception (pages 959–974) Andrew W. Young and Vicki Bruce The University of Aberdeen is a charity registered in Scotland, No SC013683.

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Postdoctoral Fellowship Available
by Cathy Mondloch 30 Sep '11

30 Sep '11

I would appreciate it very much if you could share this information with potential candidates. Thank you, Cathy Mondloch Brock University POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP Area: Face Perception A postdoctoral fellowship is available in the Infant and Child Development Lab at Brock University to investigate face perception in participants between 3 and 80 years of age, under the supervision of Cathy Mondloch, PhD. Applicants must have completed a Ph.D. in perceptual/developmental psychology by the start date, have strong training in face perception, and a willingness to develop expertise with a range of new technologies. Funding is available for three years through an NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement Award given to Cathy Mondloch. The Infant and Child Development Lab is part of the Lifespan Development Center and the Center for Neuroscience at Brock University. Members of the lab investigate the development of expert face processing and the role of experience in driving that development. A recent grant from the Canada Foundation for Innovation provided funding for several pieces of cutting-edge technology (a 3D camera, a 4D camera, two eye-trackers, Noldus Observer). The postdoctoral fellow will assume responsibility for integrating this technology into our research program, design and conduct new studies and join on-going projects. The successful applicant will be part of a collaborative team of postdocs, graduate students, undergraduate students and research assistants, with opportunities for interactions with a broad array of research teams in psychology, the Centre for Neuroscience, and the Lifespan Centre. Start Date: Winter/Spring 2012 Please submit a CV, cover letter with a statement of interest and research experience, and names and contact information of 3 referees to: Cathy Mondloch, Department of Psychology, Brock University, 500 Glenridge Avenue, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, L2S 3A1. Visit our lab WEB page at http://brocku.ca/psychology/research/infantchildlab.htm . Catherine J. Mondloch, Ph.D. Professor Associate Editor, JECP Department of Psychology Brock University 500 Glenridge Avenue St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada L2S 3A1 Phone: (905) 688-5550; ext. 5111 Fax: (905) 688-6922 http://brocku.ca/psychology/research/infantchildlab.htm

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research fellowships in McKone face lab
by Elinor McKone 29 Sep '11

29 Sep '11

Hi everyone, There is an opportunity to apply for a 4 year research fellowship in my lab. It's through a government scheme called Future Fellowships (information at http://www.arc.gov.au/ncgp/futurefel/ future_default.htm), which is open to everyone between 5 and 15 years out of PhD regardless of nationality. The applications are due in November. Funding includes salary, plus $50k per year in research costs. Note the Australian dollar currently equals .98 US$, and .73 Euro. To be competitive, applicants will need a good track record of publications (e.g., I would guess a minimum of 12 papers in the last 5 years, 2007-2011/inpress; and generally in good journals). If you are interested, please contact me ASAP. See my website below for information on the lab. There is also a related fellowship program for early career researchers (0 to 5 years out from PhD), for which applications are likely to be due somewhere between Feb and May next year (2012). See: http://www.arc.gov.au/ncgp/decra.htm Please feel free to forward this email to others. Elinor --- Elinor McKone, PhD Queen Elizabeth II Fellow Department of Psychology Australian National University ACT 0200 Australia ph: +61 2 6125 2822 fax: +61 2 6125 0499 email: elinor.mckone(a)anu.edu.au http://psychology.anu.edu.au/_people/people_details.asp?recId=135

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face space
by Gyula Kovacs 27 Sep '11

27 Sep '11

Dear Colleagues, I am wondering if there is anywhere on the internet a freely accessible tool with which one could create a "face-space" a-la Leopold et al, (2001), e.g. as a Matlab toolbox or any other way. What i would need is something into which i can put a given number of faces and it creates the space with its anti-face versions etc. Thanks in advance for any information. -- Gyula Kovacs Dept.Cognitive Sciences Budapest Univ. Technology and Economics Hungary H-1111 Stoczek u 3 III.318 T:0036-1463-1176 F:00361463-1072 --------------- Inst. Psychology Univ. Regensburg Gebäude PT, Zi. 4.0.35 Universitätsstraße 31, 93053 Regensburg, D T:0049-941-943-3852; Mobile:0049178 1725506 Fax:0049 941 943 3233

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FW: Lectureship / SL Newcastle University
by Debbie Riby 07 Sep '11

07 Sep '11

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Neuroscience, Newcastle University (Institute of Neuroscience) Ref A981A (IoN) Faculty/Services: Medical Sciences Department: Institute of Neuroscience Job Type: Academic (non-clinical) Hours of Work: Full time Salary: £31,798 - £35,788 (Lecturer Grade F) £36,862 - £44,016 (Lecturer Grade G) £45,336 - £52,556 (Senior Lecturer Grade H) Closing Date: 30 September 2011 The Institute of Neuroscience invites applications from highly motivated individuals with outstanding track records and promise in research, particularly in the neuroscience of developmental disorders, or in comparative cognition and behaviour. You will be expected to establish an independent research programme aligned with the strategic aims of the Institute and will be expected to teach modules in developmental psychology on the Psychology undergraduate degree programme, and to contribute in other ways to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in the Faculty of Medical Sciences, for example, in supervising BSc and MRes research projects. The teaching load of the appointed candidate will nonetheless be maintained at a level commensurate with expectations for a research-intensive academic post. You should have a PhD in neuroscience or other discipline appropriate to the desired research background and expertise as well as postdoctoral research experience. For informal enquiries, please contact Professor Anya Hurlbert 0191 222 7638; anya.hurlbert(a)ncl.ac.uk<mailto:anya.hurlbert@ncl.ac.uk> or Professor Colin Ingram 0191 222 8210; c.d.ingram(a)ncl.ac.uk<mailto:c.d.ingram@ncl.ac.uk> -- Anya Hurlbert MD PhD Professor of Visual Neuroscience Director, Institute of Neuroscience Newcastle University +44-191-222-5728 PA: Karen.Curry(a)ncl.ac.uk<mailto:Karen.Curry@ncl.ac.uk>

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Oxford Handbook of Face Perception
by Andy Young 09 Aug '11

09 Aug '11

Hi all, I just received my copy of the recently published 'Oxford Handbook of Face Perception', edited by Andy Calder, Gill Rhodes, Mark Johnson and Jim Haxby (OUP, 2011). See http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199559053.do Here's what the publishers say about it: 'The Oxford Handbook of Face Perception is the most comprehensive and commanding review of the field ever published. It looks at the functional and neural mechanisms underlying the perception, representation, and interpretation of facial characteristics, such as identity, expression, eye gaze, attractiveness, personality, and race. It examines the development of these processes, their neural correlates in both human and non-human primates, congenital and acquired disorders resulting from their breakdown, and the theoretical and computational frameworks for their underlying mechanisms. With chapters by an international team of leading authorities from the brain sciences, the book is a landmark publication on face perception.' Unusually, most of the hyperbole is valid. This is a book that many of us will be wanting to dip into for the background to aspects of face perception we don't know so well, or just to get someone else's take on our own pet topic. It's not cheap, of course, but you can try to get your library to buy it. Definitely worth checking out, anyway. Cheers, Andy Young.

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Research assistant vacancy
by Peter Hancock 09 Aug '11

09 Aug '11

University of Stirling School of Natural Sciences / Psychology Psychology is seeking to appoint a Research Assistant to work on an ESRC-funded project, under the direction of Dr Stephen Langton (Principal Investigator), exploring how visual attention is influenced when observers view natural, dynamic shifts of another person's eye-gaze. The successful candidate will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the project. They will be expected to prepare experimental materials, implement the planned experiments, recruit participants for the research and conduct preliminary analysis of the data. Applicants should have an Honours Degree in Psychology, or a related discipline, and an interest in face/gaze processing. They should have excellent communication skills, experience in conducting quantitative research, and competence in statistical analysis techniques. Some experience with eye-tracking techniques, video-editing, image processing (e.g., Adobe Photoshop) and experiment-management software (e.g., EPrime) would be desirable, as would experience in managing a large-scale research project. The position is full-time, fixed-term for 36 months with a proposed start date 1st November 2011. The maximum starting salary will be £23,660p.a., (Grade 6, Spine Point 22). Informal enquiries to Dr Stephen Langton, telephone 01786 467659 or email srhl1(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:srhl1@stir.ac.uk>. Peter Hancock Professor Acting Head of Psychology, School of Natural Sciences University of Stirling FK9 4LA, UK phone 01786 467675 fax 01786 467641 http://www.psychology.stir.ac.uk/staff/staff-profiles/academic-staff/peter-… -- 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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Looking for Asian neutral faces stimuli set
by Christy Reece 04 Aug '11

04 Aug '11

Hello, I'm a psychology research Masters student and I'm looking at in-group/out-group ratings of faces, which I intend to manipulate through priming. The group is determined by ethnicity and I will be asking ethnically Chinese individuals to participate. I have a set of neutral Chinese faces and I am now looking for a second set of neutral Asian faces that I can use for comparison. The second set of faces must be clearly distinct from the Chinese faces, so my current preference would be for a set of Indian stimuli, however I am open to using any Asian stimuli set other than faces that are ethnically Japanese since the face structure is too similar to Chinese. I would really appreciate some help getting this second set of stimuli. If anyone one has a stimuli set or knows of one referenced in an article can you please let me know? Full credit will of course be given to the creator of the stimuli set. Thanks and Regards, Christy -- Christy Reece Research Assistant National University of Singapore Department of Psychology AS5-04-21 ph: 8246 0526

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Prosopagnosia papers
by creusot 02 Aug '11

02 Aug '11

Hi, Im a PhD student in computer science working on 3D face landmarking and recognition. I am looking for scientific articles on prosopagnosia and on the difference between face recognition and object recognition in the brain. This is probably the right mailing-list to ask. What I am looking for is review articles about research on prosopagnosia so that I can redirect my readers (if they are interested) to the whole corpus of literature by citing one or two articles. As it is not my field it is difficult for me to distinguish between the good and less good papers on that subject. I'm sure your expertise can help. Please contact me if you have some articles to suggest. Best regards, Clement Creusot.

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FaceNet website
by Sarah Bate 28 Jul '11

28 Jul '11

Dear all, As promised the FaceNet website is now finally ready - you can follow the link below to create your own research profile and browse those of others: www.face-net.org We've checked it pretty throughly and all seems to be in working order, but any teething problems that occur please let me know and we'll sort it out ASAP. If anyone has any suggestions for keywords that describe their area of research which are not covered already, please also let me know and I can add these. Best wishes, Sarah Dr Sarah Bate Lecturer in Psychology Psychology Research Group School of Design, Engineering and Computing University of Bournemouth Poole Dorset BH12 5BB UK Tel - 01202 961918 Fax - 01202 965314 Webpage - www.prosopagnosiaresearch.org This email is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential information. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete this email, which must not be copied, distributed or disclosed to any other person. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Bournemouth University or its subsidiary companies. Nor can any contract be formed on behalf of the University or its subsidiary companies via email.

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