The upside-down self: One's own face recognition is affected by inversion

One's own face is recognized more efficiently than any other face, although the neural mechanisms underlying this phenomenon remain poorly understood. Considering the extensive visual experience that we have with our own face, some authors have proposed that self-face recognition involves a mor...

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Authors: Alzueta, Elisabet, Kessel, Dominique, Capilla González, Almudena
Format: article
Publication Date:2021
Country:España
Institution:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
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https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13919
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Keyword:ERPs
inversion effect
self-face
self-processing
N170
P200
Psicología
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spelling The upside-down self: One's own face recognition is affected by inversionAlzueta, ElisabetKessel, DominiqueCapilla González, AlmudenaERPsinversion effectself-faceself-processingN170P200PsicologíaOne's own face is recognized more efficiently than any other face, although the neural mechanisms underlying this phenomenon remain poorly understood. Considering the extensive visual experience that we have with our own face, some authors have proposed that self-face recognition involves a more analytical perceptual strategy (i.e., based on face features) than other familiar faces, which are commonly processed holistically (i.e., as a whole). However, this hypothesis has not yet been tested with brain activity data. In the present study, we employed an inversion paradigm combined with event-related potential (ERP) recordings to investigate whether the self-face is processed more analytically. Sixteen healthy participants were asked to identify their own face and a familiar face regardless of its orientation, which could either be upright or inverted. ERP analysis revealed an enhanced amplitude and a delayed latency for the N170 component when faces were presented in an inverted orientation. Critically, both the self and a familiar face were equally vulnerable to the inversion effect, suggesting that the self-face is not processed more analytically than a familiar face. In addition, we replicated the recent finding that the attention-related P200 component is a specific neural index of self-face recognition. Overall, our results suggest that the advantage for self-face processing might be better explained by the engagement of self-related attentional mechanisms than by the use of a more analytical visuoperceptual strategyThis work was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO) (UAMA13-4E- 2192) and FEDER/Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MCIU)—National Research Agency (AEI) (PGC2018-100682- B- I00), and the Community of Madrid (SAPIENTIA-CM H2019/HUM-570), under agreement with the Autonomous University of Madrid (2017-T2/ SOC-5569; SI1-PJI- 2019- 00011)WileyDepartamento de Psicología Biológica y de la SaludFacultad de Psicología20212021-08-12research articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10486/700657https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13919reponame:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAMinstname:Universidad Autónoma de MadridInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/7006572026-06-23T12:46:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The upside-down self: One's own face recognition is affected by inversion
title The upside-down self: One's own face recognition is affected by inversion
spellingShingle The upside-down self: One's own face recognition is affected by inversion
Alzueta, Elisabet
ERPs
inversion effect
self-face
self-processing
N170
P200
Psicología
title_short The upside-down self: One's own face recognition is affected by inversion
title_full The upside-down self: One's own face recognition is affected by inversion
title_fullStr The upside-down self: One's own face recognition is affected by inversion
title_full_unstemmed The upside-down self: One's own face recognition is affected by inversion
title_sort The upside-down self: One's own face recognition is affected by inversion
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Alzueta, Elisabet
Kessel, Dominique
Capilla González, Almudena
author Alzueta, Elisabet
author_facet Alzueta, Elisabet
Kessel, Dominique
Capilla González, Almudena
author_role author
author2 Kessel, Dominique
Capilla González, Almudena
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamento de Psicología Biológica y de la Salud
Facultad de Psicología
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv ERPs
inversion effect
self-face
self-processing
N170
P200
Psicología
topic ERPs
inversion effect
self-face
self-processing
N170
P200
Psicología
description One's own face is recognized more efficiently than any other face, although the neural mechanisms underlying this phenomenon remain poorly understood. Considering the extensive visual experience that we have with our own face, some authors have proposed that self-face recognition involves a more analytical perceptual strategy (i.e., based on face features) than other familiar faces, which are commonly processed holistically (i.e., as a whole). However, this hypothesis has not yet been tested with brain activity data. In the present study, we employed an inversion paradigm combined with event-related potential (ERP) recordings to investigate whether the self-face is processed more analytically. Sixteen healthy participants were asked to identify their own face and a familiar face regardless of its orientation, which could either be upright or inverted. ERP analysis revealed an enhanced amplitude and a delayed latency for the N170 component when faces were presented in an inverted orientation. Critically, both the self and a familiar face were equally vulnerable to the inversion effect, suggesting that the self-face is not processed more analytically than a familiar face. In addition, we replicated the recent finding that the attention-related P200 component is a specific neural index of self-face recognition. Overall, our results suggest that the advantage for self-face processing might be better explained by the engagement of self-related attentional mechanisms than by the use of a more analytical visuoperceptual strategy
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