Holistic Processing of Body Stimuli: Evidence of Body Composite Illusion in Adults and Children.

There is inconsistent evidence that human bodies are processed through holistic processing as it has been widely reported for faces. To assess how configurai and holistic processes may develop with age, we administered a visual body recognition task assessing the presence of body inversion and compo...

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Publicado en:Developmental Psychology Vol. 58; no. 7; pp. 1286 - 1298
Autores principales: Butti, Niccolò, Finisguerra, Alessandra, Urgesi, Cosimo
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Publicado: American Psychological Association Jul2022
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          Butti, Niccolò
          Finisguerra, Alessandra
          Urgesi, Cosimo
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          Scientific Institute, IRCCS E. Medea, Neuropsychiatry and Neurorehabilitation Unit, Bosisio Parini, Lecco, Italy
          PhD Program in Neural and Cognitive Sciences, Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
          Scientific Institute, IRCCS E. Medea, Pasian di Prato, Udine, Italy
          Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Languages and Literatures, Communication, Education and Society, University of Udine
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        Age distribution
        Cross-sectional method
        Task performance
        White people
        Body image
        Children
        Adults
        Sensory stimulation
        Comparative studies
        Visual perception
        Optical illusions
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          Age distribution
          Cross-sectional method
          Task performance
          White people
          Body image
          Children
          Adults
          Sensory stimulation
          Comparative studies
          Visual perception
          Optical illusions
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        body composite illusion
        body inversion effect
        body perception
        holistic processing
        own-age bias
        body composite illusion
        body inversion effect
        body perception
        holistic processing
        own-age bias
      ab: There is inconsistent evidence that human bodies are processed through holistic processing as it has been widely reported for faces. To assess how configurai and holistic processes may develop with age, we administered a visual body recognition task assessing the presence of body inversion and composite illusion effects to white adults (114 participants, 77 women, aged between 18 and 35 years) and children (138 participants, 74 girls, aged between 6 and 11 years). Furthermore, to verify the presence of an own-age bias in body processing, we presented either child or adult bodies to both age groups. Adults and children showed reliable and comparable body inversion and composite illusion effects, confirming the use of configurai and holistic body processing. Cross-sectional analysis showed that these perceptual strategies were already reliable in children aged 6-7 years and did not encounter significant changes across childhood. Although we found reliable body inversion and composite illusion effects for both own- and different-age bodies, results pointed to greater composite illusion effects for own-age bodies. This may suggest that sharing similar body structures might facilitate the holistic processing of others' bodies. These findings provide new insights into the development of body-specific perceptual processes and may have theoretical and clinical implications for the evaluation and treatment of body perception disorders in childhood.
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