The Mona Lisa effect: is 'our' Lisa fame or fake?
- Author(s)
- Claus-Christian Carbon, Helmut Leder
- Abstract
Abstract. This demonstration uses one of the most famous human faces, the portrait of Mona Lisa,
La Gioconda, by Leonardo da Vinci. Usually, we have a very accurate and stable representation
of the exact configuration of such a familiar face. Typically, we are able to rapidly recognise
even subtle configural changes. However, here we show that an exposure to specific alterations
performed on a familiar face substantially reduces this ability even over a time period as long
as 80 min. This demonstration illustrates the flexibility of the perceptual system and adaptation
to new information.
- Organisation(s)
- Journal
- Perception
- Volume
- 35
- Pages
- 411-414
- No. of pages
- 4
- ISSN
- 0301-0066
- Publication date
- 2006
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 501011 Cognitive psychology
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/36482613-1582-4f4e-93b5-8c9cd837a15a