Induced emotional expressions: reconstruction of perceptual categories

Images of face with naturally transformed internal structure cause the impression of the presence of emotional expressions in the absence of relevant facial characteristics. Recognition of such images appears a relatively complex task to the observer. The classical analysis in terms of classification of the accuracy of solutions for different pairs of images is ineffective in this case. The model of categorical adjustment predicts the existence of asymmetry of wrong answers in the recognition of face images. The obtained results correspond to this model, allowing us to identify the perceptual categories used in solving the problem of recognition, and to clarify their characteristics.

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