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Observing object motion induces increased generalization and sensitivityBenjamin 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....
A speed-dependent inversion effect in dynamic object matchingBenjamin 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...
The role of face shape and pigmentation in other-race face perception: an electrophysiological studyBenjamin 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...
Using innate visual biases to guide face learning in natural scenes: a computational investigationBenjamin 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'...
A summary-statistic representation in peripheral vision explains visual crowdingBenjamin 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...
Developing a side bias for conspecific faces during childhoodBenjamin 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...
The effect of real-world personal familiarity on the speed of face information processingBenjamin 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...
Evaluation of appearance transfer and persistence in central face transplantation: a computer simulation analysisBohdan 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...
Shape, color and the other-race effect in the infant brainBenjamin 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...
