Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0877379

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0877379

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Adaptive processes in normal and disordered face perception. Faces provide a wealth of social cues that guide interpersonal interactions, and most individuals are able to distinguish thousands of faces despite their perceptual similarity. This research investigates the foundations of these impressive face-perception skills and how they are disrupted in autism, a developmental disorder in which face perception is impaired. We focus on how the brain adaptively tailors its perceptual apparatus to interpret the structure of a face, for its identity, emotional content, and even intent. Uncovering how these processes function in normal and abnormal face perception could help develop effective interventions when these processes are disrupted in autism.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 31-12-2013

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $739,500.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Psychology | Sensory Processes, Perception And Performance | Health, Clinical And Counselling Psychology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Behavioural and cognitive sciences |

Other Keywords

Behavioural and cognitive sciences | Health, Clinical And Counselling Psychology | Psychology | Sensory Processes, Perception And Performance

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