Face recognition ability matures late: Evidence from individual differences in young adults.

2013 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 1212-1217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tirta Susilo ◽  
Laura Germine ◽  
Bradley Duchaine
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Face Recognition ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Recognition Ability

scholarly journals Adaptive Coding and Face Recognition

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 218-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gillian Rhodes
Keyword(s):  
Face Recognition ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Visual System ◽  
Expression Recognition ◽  
Adaptive Coding ◽  
Face Identity ◽  
Visual Patterns ◽  
Recognition Ability ◽  
Face Adaptation ◽  
Lines Of Evidence

Face adaptation generates striking face aftereffects, but is this adaptation useful? The answer appears to be yes, with several lines of evidence suggesting that it contributes to our face-recognition ability. Adaptation to face identity is reduced in a variety of clinical populations with impaired face recognition. In addition, individual differences in face adaptation are linked to face-recognition ability in typical adults. People who adapt more readily to new faces are better at recognizing faces. This link between adaptation and recognition holds for both identity and expression recognition. Adaptation updates face norms, which represent the typical or average properties of the faces we experience. By using these norms to code how faces differ from average, the visual system can make explicit the distinctive information that we need to recognize faces. Thus, adaptive norm-based coding may help us to discriminate and recognize faces despite their similarity as visual patterns.

scholarly journals Do individual differences in face recognition ability moderate the other ethnicity effect?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Jeanne Childs ◽  
Alex Jones ◽  
Peter Thwaites ◽  
Sunčica Zdravković ◽  
Craig Thorley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Face Recognition ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
The Other ◽  
Recognition Ability

Associations between self-reported and actual face recognition abilities are only evident in above- and below-average recognisers

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandro Estudillo ◽  
Wong Hoo Keat
Keyword(s):  
Face Recognition ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Recognition Performance ◽  
Negative Association ◽  
Memory Test ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Recognition Ability ◽  
General Studies ◽  
Typical Range ◽  
Report Measure

The 20-Item Prosopagnosia Items (PI-20) was recently introduced as a self-report measure of face recognition abilities and as an instrument to help the diagnosis of prosopagnosia. In general, studies using this questionnaire have shown that observers have moderate to strong insights into their face recognition abilities. However, it remains unknown whether these insights are equivalent for the whole range of face recognition abilities. The present study investigates this issue using the Mandarin version of the PI-20 and the Cambridge Face Memory Test Chinese (CFMT-Chinese). Our results showed a moderate negative association between the PI-20 and the CFMT-Chinese. However, this association was driven by people with low and high face recognition ability, but absent in people within the typical range of face recognition performance. The implications of these results for the study of individual differences and the diagnosis of prosopagnosia are discussed.

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