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Congruency Effects with Animal and Human Target Objects

Authors
Qunjie Huang1, Jan Drewes2, Weina Zhu1, *
1School of Information Science, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
2Institute of Brain and Psychological Sciences, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, China
*Corresponding author. Email: zhuweina.cn@gmail.com
Corresponding Author
Weina Zhu
Available Online 18 December 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-158-6_6How to use a DOI?
Keywords
visual perception; object recognition; body perception; rapid animal detection; congruency effect
Abstract

It is well-established that the visual system rapidly recognizes animals and animate objects. Also, objects semantically congruent with a scene are identified more swiftly than incongruent ones. However, it remains unclear which specific types of animate objects can be recognized most quickly. The aim of this study is to investigate whether humans are recognized faster than other animals. In our experiment, participants swiftly determined whether targets within congruent and incongruent scenes belonged to humans or animals using a two-alternative forced choice (2AFC) task. The stimulus set included an equal number of congruent and incongruent synthesized images. Our study produced two key findings: Firstly, a congruency effect was observed concerning the recognition of humans. Secondly, the visual system recognized complete human bodies more rapidly than animals. These findings extend our understanding of the congruency effect in animal perception and imply the potential existence of particular mechanisms that may facilitate rapid visual recognition of humans.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2023 International Conference on Applied Psychology and Modern Education (ICAPME 2023)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
18 December 2023
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10.2991/978-2-38476-158-6_6
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-158-6_6How to use a DOI?
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© 2023 The Author(s)
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