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dc.contributor.authorCivile, C
dc.contributor.authorObhi, S
dc.contributor.authorMcLaren, IPL
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-11T15:04:26Z
dc.date.issued2017-07
dc.description.abstractPerceptual learning is a key perceptual skill that people possess, in particular, it contributes to their ability to distinguish between faces thus recognize individuals. Recently, we showed that anodal transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) at Fp3 abolishes the inversion effect (that would otherwise exist) for familiar checkerboards created from a prototype. Because of the close analogy between the inversion effect obtained with checkerboards, which we use as a marker for perceptual learning, and the traditional face inversion effect (upright faces recognized better than inverted ones), we investigated the effects of anodal tDCS at Fp3 during an old/new recognition task for upright and inverted faces. Results showed that stimulation significantly reduced the face inversion effect compared to controls. The effect was strongest in reducing recognition performance to upright faces. This result supports our account of perceptual learning and its role as a key factor in face recognitionen_GB
dc.identifier.citationCogSci 2017: 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, London, UK, 26 - 29 July 2017, pp. 1782 - 1787en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/29797
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherCognitive Science Societyen_GB
dc.relation.urlhttps://mindmodeling.org/cogsci2017/en_GB
dc.subjectTDCSen_GB
dc.subjectPerceptual learningen_GB
dc.subjectFace inversion effecten_GB
dc.subjectOld/new recognition tasken_GB
dc.subjectFace recognitionen_GB
dc.titleTranscranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) and the Face Inversion Effect: Anodal stimulation at Fp3 reduces recognition for upright facesen_GB
dc.typeConference paperen_GB
dc.date.available2017-10-11T15:04:26Z
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9911967-6-0
dc.descriptionThis is the final version of the article. Available from the publisher via the link in this record.en_GB


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