Exploring the unconscious using faces

Vadim Axelrod; Moshe Bar; Geraint Rees

doi:10.1016/j.tics.2014.11.003

Exploring the unconscious using faces

Vadim Axelrod, Moshe Bar, Geraint Rees

The Leslie and Susan Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center

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Abstract

Understanding the mechanisms of unconscious processing is one of the most substantial endeavors of cognitive science. While there are many different empirical ways to address this question, the use of faces in such research has proven exceptionally fruitful. We review here what has been learned about unconscious processing through the use of faces and face-selective neural correlates. A large number of cognitive systems can be explored with faces, including emotions, social cueing and evaluation, attention, multisensory integration, and various aspects of face processing.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	35-45
Number of pages	11
Journal	Trends in Cognitive Sciences
Volume	19
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2014.11.003
State	Published - 1 Jan 2015

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Funding Information:
This study was supported by the Israeli Center of Research Excellence in Cognitive Sciences (V.A., M.B.) and the Wellcome Trust (G.R.). We would also like to thank two anonymous reviewers and Rebecca Schwarzlose (Trends in Cognitive Sciences editor) for their valuable suggestions.

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© 2014 Elsevier Ltd.

Keywords

Face-selective biomarkers
Faces
Invisible stimuli
Unconscious processing

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