Domain Specificity vs. Domain Generality: The Case of Faces and Words

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Autor(a) principal: Ventura, Paulo
Data de Publicação: 2023
Outros Autores: Cruz, F.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/63230
Resumo: Faces and words are ever-present stimuli in social environments that require fine-grained, efficient discrimination of their constituents in order to acquire meaning. Provided that these stimuli share multiple characteristics, while simultaneously being different visual object categories in important ways, a debate has ensued pertaining to whether their processing can be reduced to a common mechanism or whether each category mobilizes exclusive resources. We thus first present briefly domain-specific and domain-general accounts, as opposing perspectives that highlight the absence and presence of commonalities in face and word processing, respectively. We then focus on how faces and words are processed. While faces are usually associated with holistic processing of facial features, to create a perceptual whole, there is no such consensus pertaining to word processing. Words have been argued to rely on either letter-by-letter processing or in a way closer to that of faces, since they are also objects of expertise. Lastly, we advance the debate by providing an overview of our latest research findings. These findings provide a more direct comparison of face and word processing, by incorporating both stimuli in one task concurrently.
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spelling Domain Specificity vs. Domain Generality: The Case of Faces and WordsDomain generalityDomain specificityWord processingFace processingHolistic processingFaces and words are ever-present stimuli in social environments that require fine-grained, efficient discrimination of their constituents in order to acquire meaning. Provided that these stimuli share multiple characteristics, while simultaneously being different visual object categories in important ways, a debate has ensued pertaining to whether their processing can be reduced to a common mechanism or whether each category mobilizes exclusive resources. We thus first present briefly domain-specific and domain-general accounts, as opposing perspectives that highlight the absence and presence of commonalities in face and word processing, respectively. We then focus on how faces and words are processed. While faces are usually associated with holistic processing of facial features, to create a perceptual whole, there is no such consensus pertaining to word processing. Words have been argued to rely on either letter-by-letter processing or in a way closer to that of faces, since they are also objects of expertise. Lastly, we advance the debate by providing an overview of our latest research findings. These findings provide a more direct comparison of face and word processing, by incorporating both stimuli in one task concurrently.MDPIRepositório da Universidade de LisboaVentura, PauloCruz, F.2024-03-07T11:56:43Z2023-12-212024-02-05T10:38:44Z2023-12-21T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/63230engVentura, P., & Cruz, F. (2023). Domain Specificity vs. Domain Generality: The Case of Faces and Words. Vision, 8(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/vision8010001cv-prod-347910410.3390/vision80100012411-5150info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T01:19:10Zoai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/63230Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:14:25.642593Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title Domain Specificity vs. Domain Generality: The Case of Faces and Words
spellingShingle Domain Specificity vs. Domain Generality: The Case of Faces and Words
Ventura, Paulo
Domain generality
Domain specificity
Word processing
Face processing
Holistic processing
title_short Domain Specificity vs. Domain Generality: The Case of Faces and Words
title_full Domain Specificity vs. Domain Generality: The Case of Faces and Words
title_fullStr Domain Specificity vs. Domain Generality: The Case of Faces and Words
title_full_unstemmed Domain Specificity vs. Domain Generality: The Case of Faces and Words
title_sort Domain Specificity vs. Domain Generality: The Case of Faces and Words
author Ventura, Paulo
author_facet Ventura, Paulo
Cruz, F.
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author2 Cruz, F.
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Ventura, Paulo
Cruz, F.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Domain generality
Domain specificity
Word processing
Face processing
Holistic processing
topic Domain generality
Domain specificity
Word processing
Face processing
Holistic processing
description Faces and words are ever-present stimuli in social environments that require fine-grained, efficient discrimination of their constituents in order to acquire meaning. Provided that these stimuli share multiple characteristics, while simultaneously being different visual object categories in important ways, a debate has ensued pertaining to whether their processing can be reduced to a common mechanism or whether each category mobilizes exclusive resources. We thus first present briefly domain-specific and domain-general accounts, as opposing perspectives that highlight the absence and presence of commonalities in face and word processing, respectively. We then focus on how faces and words are processed. While faces are usually associated with holistic processing of facial features, to create a perceptual whole, there is no such consensus pertaining to word processing. Words have been argued to rely on either letter-by-letter processing or in a way closer to that of faces, since they are also objects of expertise. Lastly, we advance the debate by providing an overview of our latest research findings. These findings provide a more direct comparison of face and word processing, by incorporating both stimuli in one task concurrently.
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