14 Mar
2013
14 Mar
'13
2:37 p.m.
The CEU Department of Cognitive Science cordially invites you to a talk
(as part of its Departmental Colloquium series)
by
Prof. Alexander Todorov
Princeton University
Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 17:00 - 18:30
Location: Department of Cognitive Science, CEU, Frankel Leó út 30-34.,
Room G15
Social perception of faces
Research shows that people a) form instantaneous impressions of other
people based on facial appearance; b) agree in these impressions; and c)
often act on these impressions. Working with a computational framework,
in which faces are represented as points in a multidimensional space, I
describe two lines of research on identifying the basis of social
impressions: configurations of facial features and statistical learning
of face properties. Specifically in the first part of the talk, I will
describe data-driven, reverse correlation methods that can be used to
model evaluation of faces on any social dimension (e.g.,
trustworthiness) and to identify the perceptual basis of this
evaluation. These methods provide an excellent discovery tool for
mapping configurations of face features to specific social inferences.
In the second part, I will describe research suggesting that statistical
characteristics of the face – determined by the face’s position in a
distribution of faces – can shape social perception. This research shows
that exposure to different statistical distributions of faces leads to
shifts not only in the perceived typicality of faces but also in social
judgments. This statistical learning framework suggests a new
parsimonious account of cultural, inter-group, and individual
differences in social perception of faces.
We're looking forward to see you there (Frankel Leo u. 30-34) !
Cognitive Science Events at CEU: http://cognitivescience.ceu.hu/events
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