Publications by authors named "Maurryce D Starks"
In adults, spatial location plays a special role in visual object processing. People are more likely to judge two sequentially presented objects as being identical when they appear in the same location compared to in different locations (a phenomenon referred to as Spatial Congruency Bias [SCB]). However, no comparable Identity Congruency Bias (ICB) is found, suggesting an asymmetric location-identity relationship in object binding.
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- Racial health disparities in the U.S. starkly affect Black Americans compared to White Americans, largely stemming from historical and systemic anti-Black racism.
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- These responses may result in chronic health issues and reduced well-being, highlighting the need for further research to understand the connections between racism and health outcomes.
The influence of spatial location on same-different judgments of facial identity and expression.
J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform
October 2020
The "spatial congruency bias" is a behavioral phenomenon where 2 objects presented sequentially are more likely to be judged as being the same object if they are presented in the same location (Golomb, Kupitz, & Thiemann, 2014), suggesting that irrelevant spatial location information may be bound to object representations. Here, we examine whether the spatial congruency bias extends to higher-level object judgments of facial identity and expression. On each trial, 2 real-world faces were sequentially presented in variable screen locations, and subjects were asked to make same-different judgments on the facial expression (Experiments 1-2) or facial identity (Experiment 3) of the stimuli.
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