Benjamin Balas

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Affiliation: Harvard University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Observing object motion induces increased generalization and sensitivity
    Benjamin Balas
    Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 43 Vassar Street, Rm 46 4089, Cambridge, MA 02140, USA
    Perception 37:1160-74. 2008
  2. ncbi A speed-dependent inversion effect in dynamic object matching
    Benjamin Balas
    Laboratories of Cognitive Neuroscience, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    J Vis 9:16.1-13. 2009
  3. ncbi The role of face shape and pigmentation in other-race face perception: an electrophysiological study
    Benjamin Balas
    Laboratories of Cognitive Neuroscience, Children s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Neuropsychologia 48:498-506. 2010
  4. ncbi Using innate visual biases to guide face learning in natural scenes: a computational investigation
    Benjamin Balas
    Developmental Medicine Center, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Dev Sci 13:469-78. 2010
  5. ncbi A summary-statistic representation in peripheral vision explains visual crowding
    Benjamin Balas
    Laboratories of Cognitive Neuroscience, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, USA
    J Vis 9:13.1-18. 2009
  6. ncbi Developing a side bias for conspecific faces during childhood
    Benjamin Balas
    Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA, USA
    Dev Psychol 47:1472-8. 2011
  7. ncbi The effect of real-world personal familiarity on the speed of face information processing
    Benjamin Balas
    Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 2:e1223. 2007
  8. ncbi Evaluation of appearance transfer and persistence in central face transplantation: a computer simulation analysis
    Bohdan Pomahac
    Division of Plastic Surgery, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 63:733-8. 2010
  9. ncbi Shape, color and the other-race effect in the infant brain
    Benjamin Balas
    Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
    Dev Sci 14:892-900. 2011

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Publications9

  1. ncbi Observing object motion induces increased generalization and sensitivity
    Benjamin Balas
    Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 43 Vassar Street, Rm 46 4089, Cambridge, MA 02140, USA
    Perception 37:1160-74. 2008
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  2. ncbi A speed-dependent inversion effect in dynamic object matching
    Benjamin Balas
    Laboratories of Cognitive Neuroscience, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    J Vis 9:16.1-13. 2009
    ..These results are discussed in the context of previous proposals regarding dynamic object representations, and in terms of an emerging model of dynamic object perception...
  3. ncbi The role of face shape and pigmentation in other-race face perception: an electrophysiological study
    Benjamin Balas
    Laboratories of Cognitive Neuroscience, Children s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Neuropsychologia 48:498-506. 2010
    ..Moreover, the N250 appears to only respond differentially to the skin color of upright faces, showing a lack of color sensitivity for inverted faces...
  4. ncbi Using innate visual biases to guide face learning in natural scenes: a computational investigation
    Benjamin Balas
    Developmental Medicine Center, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Dev Sci 13:469-78. 2010
    ..The results demonstrate that both models are capable of locating faces effectively, but that the model suggested by the 'sensory hypothesis' is more selective than the model suggested by the 'structural hypothesis'...
  5. ncbi A summary-statistic representation in peripheral vision explains visual crowding
    Benjamin Balas
    Laboratories of Cognitive Neuroscience, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, USA
    J Vis 9:13.1-18. 2009
    ..Mongrels enable one to study the "equivalence classes" of our model, i.e., the sets of stimuli that map to the same representation according to the model...
  6. ncbi Developing a side bias for conspecific faces during childhood
    Benjamin Balas
    Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA, USA
    Dev Psychol 47:1472-8. 2011
    ..We discuss our results in the context of experience-dependent perceptual narrowing during development...
  7. ncbi The effect of real-world personal familiarity on the speed of face information processing
    Benjamin Balas
    Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 2:e1223. 2007
    ..Across different face judgments and stimulus sets, the data is equivocal as to whether or not familiarity impacts recognition processes...
  8. ncbi Evaluation of appearance transfer and persistence in central face transplantation: a computer simulation analysis
    Bohdan Pomahac
    Division of Plastic Surgery, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 63:733-8. 2010
    ..There is no objective evidence regarding the effect of donors' transplanted facial structures on appearance change of the recipients and its influence on facial recognition of donors and recipients...
  9. ncbi Shape, color and the other-race effect in the infant brain
    Benjamin Balas
    Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
    Dev Sci 14:892-900. 2011
    ..Rather, differential processing depends critically on the joint encoding of race-specific features...