title: Flashed face distortion effect: grotesque faces from relative spaces.
abstract: We describe a novel face distortion effect resulting from the fast-paced presentation of eye-aligned faces. When cycling through the faces on a computer screen, each face seems to become a caricature of itself and some faces appear highly deformed, even grotesque. The degree of distortion is greatest for faces that deviate from the others in the set on a particular dimension (eg if a person has a large forehead, it looks particularly large). This new method of image presentation, based on alignment and speed, could provide a useful tool for investigating contrastive distortion effects and face adaptation.
authors: School of Psychology, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia. jtangen@psy.uq.edu.au
authors: Jason M
authors: JM
authors: Tangen
authors: Sean C
authors: SC
authors: Murphy
authors: Matthew B
authors: MB
authors: Thompson
mesh_terms: D004192:Discrimination, Psychological; D005145:Face; D006801:Humans; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D010469:Perceptual Distortion; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011930:Reaction Time