Are Celebrities Really Admired for Their Morality?

This study examines whether the admiration of celebrities is the same or different from admiration of other persons. The , Rubin's , and the were administered to 190 participants from four American universities. Participants were randomly assigned to fill out either the "most admired person" version or the "favorite celebrity" version (=96) of the three scales.

Adaptation modulates the electrophysiological substrates of perceived facial distortion: support for opponent coding.

In two experiments we determined the electrophysiological substrates of figural aftereffects in face adaptation using compressed and expanded faces. In Experiment 1, subjects viewed a series of compressed and expanded faces. Results demonstrated that distortion systematically modulated the peak amplitude of the P250 event-related potential (ERP) component.