Sentences with word «animacy»

In two experiments, transformations to real and artificial faces were used to determine if contrast negation affected the ability to determine if a face was real or artificial, and whether the eyes make a disproportionate contribution to animacy discrimination relative to the rest of the face.

«But our study shows that participants made animacy decisions without conscious deliberation, and that they agreed on what was lifelike and what was not,» said study senior author David Whitney, a UC Berkeley psychology professor.

From bulging, stained upholsterer's foam to patterned and embroidered fabric, the imperfect and ornamented surfaces of Reaves» sculptures often reimagine functionalist design and lend each object an unexpected animacy that exceeds its original use.

The processing of animacy information is disrupted as a function of callous - unemotional traits in youth with disruptive behavior disorders.

She traces the inheritances of these systems in botanical nomenclature and in scientific taxonomies to look at how contemporary hierarchies define and order gender, animacy, and different types of life forms.

Looming Threats and Animacy: Reduced Responsiveness in Youth with Disrupted Behavior Disorders.