title: The first time ever I saw your face.
abstract: The perception of social information is crucial for the survival of most animal species. Two recent studies demonstrate the joint contribution of innate mechanisms and perceptual experience to two aspects of social perception--faces and biological motion. Together, they highlight how important it is to consider faces and biological motion as different visual properties used by a broader social perception system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, MS3F5, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA. jthompsz@gmu.edu
authors.forename: James C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Jillian E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Hardee
mesh_terms: D003463:Cues; D005145:Face; D005149:Facial Expression; D006801:Humans; D012938:Social Perception; D014796:Visual Perception