scholarly journals About-face on face recognition ability and holistic processing

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (9) ◽  
pp. 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer J. Richler ◽  
R. Jackie Floyd ◽  
Isabel Gauthier
Keyword(s):  
Face Recognition ◽  
Holistic Processing ◽  
Recognition Ability

The Part-Whole Effect in super-recognisers

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Belanova ◽  
Josh P Davis ◽  
Trevor Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Face Recognition ◽  
Opposite Direction ◽  
Holistic Processing ◽  
Recognition Ability ◽  
Performance Patterns ◽  
Optimal Viewing Position ◽  
Underlying Processes ◽  
Typical Range ◽  
Viewing Position

Face recognition skills are distributed on a continuum, with developmental prosopagnosics and super-recognisers at the bottom and top ends, respectively. Holistic processing propensity is associated with face recognition ability and may be impaired in some developmental prosopagnosics and enhanced in some super-recognisers. Across two experiments we compared holistic processing of 75 super-recognisers and 89 typical-range ability controls using The Part-Whole Effect (PWE) paradigm. A subgroup of super-recognisers demonstrated enhanced PWEs in the nose region, suggesting they integrate the nose into the holistic face percept more effectively than controls. Focussed processing of the nose region, an optimal viewing position to extract the holistic properties of faces, has previously been associated with superior face recognition, and this may partly explain the superiority of some super-recognisers. However, a few super-recognisers generated significant nose region performance patterns in an opposite direction across both experiments, suggesting their superiority is driven by alternative mechanisms. These results support proposals that super-recognition is associated with heterogeneous underlying processes.

scholarly journals The Goldsmiths Unfamiliar Face Memory and Before They Were Adult Tests

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashok Jansari ◽  
E. Green ◽  
Francesco Innocenti ◽  
Diego Nardi ◽  
Elena Belanova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Face Recognition ◽  
Holistic Processing ◽  
Face Identification ◽  
Facial Features ◽  
Face Memory ◽  
Face Matching ◽  
Recognition Ability ◽  
Unfamiliar Face ◽  
The Continuum

Unfamiliar face identification ability varies widely in the population. Those at the extreme top and bottom ends of the continuum have been labelled super-recognisers and prosopagnosics, respectively. Here we describe the development of two new tests - the Goldsmiths Unfamiliar Face Memory Test (GUFMT) and the Before They Were Adult Test (BTWA), that have been designed to measure different aspects of face identity ability across the spectrum. The GUFMT is a test of face memory, the BTWA a test of simultaneous adult-to-child face matching. Their designs draw on theories suggesting face identification is achieved by the recognition of facial features, the consistency across time of configurations between those features, and holistic processing of faces as a Gestalt. In four phases, participants (n = 16737), recruited using different methods, allowed evaluations to drive GUFMT development, the creation of likely population norms, as well as correlations with established face recognition tests. Recommendations for criteria for classification of super-recognition ability are also made.

scholarly journals The other-race effect and holistic processing across racial groups

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hoo Keat Wong ◽  
Alejandro J. Estudillo ◽  
Ian D. Stephen ◽  
David R. T. Keeble
Keyword(s):  
Face Recognition ◽  
Recognition Task ◽  
Holistic Processing ◽  
The Other ◽  
Racial Groups ◽  
Race Effect ◽  
Recognition Ability ◽  
Cast Doubt ◽  
The Face ◽  
Malaysian Chinese

AbstractIt is widely accepted that holistic processing is important for face perception. However, it remains unclear whether the other-race effect (ORE) (i.e. superior recognition for own-race faces) arises from reduced holistic processing of other-race faces. To address this issue, we adopted a cross-cultural design where Malaysian Chinese, African, European Caucasian and Australian Caucasian participants performed four different tasks: (1) yes–no face recognition, (2) composite, (3) whole-part and (4) global–local tasks. Each face task was completed with unfamiliar own- and other-race faces. Results showed a pronounced ORE in the face recognition task. Both composite-face and whole-part effects were found; however, these holistic effects did not appear to be stronger for other-race faces than for own-race faces. In the global–local task, Malaysian Chinese and African participants demonstrated a stronger global processing bias compared to both European- and Australian-Caucasian participants. Importantly, we found little or no cross-task correlation between any of the holistic processing measures and face recognition ability. Overall, our findings cast doubt on the prevailing account that the ORE in face recognition is due to reduced holistic processing in other-race faces. Further studies should adopt an interactionist approach taking into account cultural, motivational, and socio-cognitive factors.

Individual Differences in Holistic Processing Predict Face Recognition Ability

2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruosi Wang ◽  
Jingguang Li ◽  
Huizhen Fang ◽  
Moqian Tian ◽  
Jia Liu
Keyword(s):  
Face Recognition ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Holistic Processing ◽  
Recognition Ability

Holistic processing and unitization in face recognition memory.

2019 ◽  
Vol 148 (8) ◽  
pp. 1386-1406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mitchell A. Meltzer ◽  
James C. Bartlett
Keyword(s):  
Face Recognition ◽  
Recognition Memory ◽  
Holistic Processing

A study of the face recognition ability of orthodontists and lay persons of different age groups

2012 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-16
Author(s):  
Roz Walker ◽  
Mary Stokes ◽  
Michal Socker ◽  
Margaret Collins
Keyword(s):  
Face Recognition ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Lay Persons ◽  
Recognition Ability ◽  
The Face

Face recognition impairments despite normal holistic processing and face space coding: Evidence from a case of developmental prosopagnosia

2010 ◽  
Vol 27 (8) ◽  
pp. 636-664 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tirta Susilo ◽  
Elinor McKone ◽  
Hugh Dennett ◽  
Hayley Darke ◽  
Romina Palermo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Face Recognition ◽  
Holistic Processing ◽  
Face Space ◽  
Space Coding

Use of Face Information Varies Systematically From Developmental Prosopagnosics to Super-Recognizers

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 300-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Tardif ◽  
Xavier Morin Duchesne ◽  
Sarah Cohan ◽  
Jessica Royer ◽  
Caroline Blais ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Face Recognition ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Face Identification ◽  
Facial Features ◽  
Strongly Correlated ◽  
Identification Task ◽  
Spatial Frequencies ◽  
Recognition Ability ◽  
Neurologically Typical

Face-recognition abilities differ largely in the neurologically typical population. We examined how the use of information varies with face-recognition ability from developmental prosopagnosics to super-recognizers. Specifically, we investigated the use of facial features at different spatial scales in 112 individuals, including 5 developmental prosopagnosics and 8 super-recognizers, during an online famous-face-identification task using the bubbles method. We discovered that viewing of the eyes and mouth to identify faces at relatively high spatial frequencies is strongly correlated with face-recognition ability, evaluated from two independent measures. We also showed that the abilities of developmental prosopagnosics and super-recognizers are explained by a model that predicts face-recognition ability from the use of information built solely from participants with intermediate face-recognition abilities ( n = 99). This supports the hypothesis that the use of information varies quantitatively from developmental prosopagnosics to super-recognizers as a function of face-recognition ability.

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