Object perception seems effortless to us, but it depends on intensive neural processing
across multiple stages in ventral pathway visual cortex. Shape information at the retinal level …

Object perception is one of the most remarkable capacities of the primate brain. Owing to the
large and indeterminate dimensionality of object space, the neural basis of object perception …

We propose that aesthetic pleasure is a funnction of the perceiver's processing dynamics:
The more fluently perceivers can process an object, the more positive their aesthetic …

This evolutionary and cognitive theory of humor seeks to reveal the complex science behind
why we crack up.“A sophisticated analysis... written with clarity, good cheer, and, of course …

Ce livre est une référence pour l'étude de la psychologie cognitive-des théories
fondamentales aux recherches contemporaines, notamment en neurosciences-et de ses …

Langlois and her colleagues reported in this journal that composite faces are more attractive
than the component faces used to create them, and conjectured that averageness is …

The rich and immediate perception of a familiar face, including its identity, expression and
even intent, is one of the most impressive shared faculties of human and non-human primate …

We present a method for creating black-and-white illustrations from photographs of human
faces. In addition an interactive technique is demonstrated for deforming these black-and …

This book is intended as a text for a basic course in cognitive psychology. Its goal is to
convey fundamental information about the excitements and challenges in the study of the …

We tested the ability of 1-and 3-month-old infants to form prototypic representations of faces.
Following familiarization to four individual faces, both 1-and 3-month-olds showed evidence …