学院讲坛：Preference for attractive stimuli: are there common mechanisms in human and non human primates?

一、讲座题目： Preference for attractive stimuli: are there common mechanisms in human and non human primates?

二、讲座时间：2025年5月14日15:30

三、讲座地点：屏峰校区畅远楼419会议室

四、主讲嘉宾：

奥利维尔·帕斯卡利斯(OlivierPascalis）教授，法国杰出儿童发展心理学家和认知神经科学家，现任法国国家实验室格勒诺布尔中心主任，格勒诺布尔阿尔卑斯大学心理学与神经认知实验室主任，特别是领导建立了法国首个婴儿认知研究实验室。帕斯卡利斯教授长期从事婴幼儿视觉认知和面孔识别能力发展方面的研究，在婴儿面孔处理机制、视觉经验对面孔识别的影响等方面做出了开创性贡献，在国际顶级期刊上发表论文170余篇并被广泛引用，在儿童发展心理学和认知神经科学领域具有重要影响力。代表性研究成果包括：在《科学》杂志发表的关于婴儿面孔处理机制特异性的研究，以及一系列关于视觉经验如何塑造婴儿面孔识别能力的研究。

Prof.OlivierPascalis,adistinguishedFrenchchilddevelopmentpsychologistandcognitiveneuroscientist,currentlyservesasDirectoroftheGrenobleCenterandtheLaboratoryofInfantCognitionattheNationalLaboratoryofFrance,aswellasDirectoroftheLaboratoryofPsychologyandNeurocognitionatUniversitéGrenobleAlpes.Hehasconductedextensiveresearchonthedevelopmentofvisualcognitionandfacerecognitionininfantsandtoddlers,makingpioneeringcontributionstounderstandingthemechanismsofinfantfaceprocessingandtheinfluenceofvisualexperiencesonfacerecognitionabilities.
Prof.Pascalishaspublishedover170widelycitedpapersintopinternationaljournals,significantlyimpactingthefieldsofdevelopmentalpsychologyandcognitiveneuroscience.HisnotableworksincludeaseminalstudypublishedinScienceexploringthespecificityofinfantfaceprocessingmechanisms,alongwithnumerousstudiesinvestigatinghowvisualexperiencesshapefacerecognitiondevelopmentininfancy.Theseresearchendeavorshavegreatlyadvancedourcomprehensionofdevelopmentalprocessesunderlyinginfantfacerecognition.Additionally,Prof.PascalisspearheadedtheestablishmentofthefirstFrenchLaboratorydedicatedtoInfantCognitionResearch.

五、讲座内容：

Humanscanfindbeautyinbodies,facesorlandscapes.Ithasbeenshownthatwehaveavisualpreferenceforcertainphysicalcharacteristicssuchfacialattractivenesswhichplaysacrucialroleinavarietyofsocialinteractions,fromdatingtovotingbehavior.Judgmentsoffacialattractivenessarelargelysharedbothwithinandbetweencultures.Anillustrationoftheconditionofuniversalitycanbefoundindevelopmentalstudies.Explicitratingsoffacialbeautybyadultspredictedpreferentiallookingtimesinhumaninfantsandinnonhumanprimates.Howcanweexplainthesesimilaritiesbetweenadultjudgmentandpreferentiallookingtimeininfants,ormonkeys?
Iwillreviewtheliteratureinbothhumanandnonhumanprimatesandwilltrytoaddressthequestionofcommonmechanismsinpreferenceforsimilarstimuli.