Familiarity and face processing
Familiarity and face processing
The results of three experiments explore the role of familiarity in face processing. Using the complete-over-part advantage (Experiment 1) and the chimeric faces task (Experiment 2), the results revealed evidence for what may be termed ‘holistic processing’ of unfamiliar, newly-learned, and famous faces. Notably, the extent of holistic processing on both tasks was not moderated by the familiarity of the stimuli. Experiment 3 replicated this pattern using a simultaneous chimeric task to rule out a simple explanation through memory demands. Taken together, these three experiments provide robust and convergent evidence to suggest that all faces regardless of familiarity can be processed in a holistic fashion. On the basis of these results, discussion is presented regarding the value of considering different ‘types’ of facial processing over and above a more simple consideration of task difficulty.
face recognition, familiarity, configural processing, task difficulty
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Osborne, Cara D.
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Stevenage, Sarah V.
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2013
Osborne, Cara D.
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Stevenage, Sarah V.
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Abstract
The results of three experiments explore the role of familiarity in face processing. Using the complete-over-part advantage (Experiment 1) and the chimeric faces task (Experiment 2), the results revealed evidence for what may be termed ‘holistic processing’ of unfamiliar, newly-learned, and famous faces. Notably, the extent of holistic processing on both tasks was not moderated by the familiarity of the stimuli. Experiment 3 replicated this pattern using a simultaneous chimeric task to rule out a simple explanation through memory demands. Taken together, these three experiments provide robust and convergent evidence to suggest that all faces regardless of familiarity can be processed in a holistic fashion. On the basis of these results, discussion is presented regarding the value of considering different ‘types’ of facial processing over and above a more simple consideration of task difficulty.
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e-pub ahead of print date: 18 June 2012
Published date: 2013
Keywords:
face recognition, familiarity, configural processing, task difficulty
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Cognition
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Local EPrints ID: 339884
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/339884
ISSN: 1747-0218
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Cara D. Osborne
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