Dear Users

This week (4.30-5.30 pm) there will be a YNiC project proposal presentation by Lilia Psalta. The title of Lilia's talk is "Neural correlates of the Thatcher Illusion".

Summary: The Thatcher illusion is a phenomenon where it becomes difficult to detect local feature changes in an upside down face, despite identical changes being obvious in an upright face. The illusion was named after the former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on whose photograph the effect has been most famously demonstrated (Thompson, 1980). The aim of this proposal is to use the Thatcher Illusion to explore how information about the identity, expression and attractiveness of faces is represented in the brain.

Everyone is welcome to attend.

Best wishes Rebecca