Pachai, M. V., Sekuler, A. B., Bennett, P. J., Schyns, P. G. and Ramon, M. (2017) Personal familiarity enhances sensitivity to horizontal structure during processing of face identity. Journal of Vision, 17(6), 5. (doi: 10.1167/17.6.5) (PMID:28593249)
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Abstract
What makes identification of familiar faces seemingly effortless? Recent studies using unfamiliar face stimuli suggest that selective processing of information conveyed by horizontally oriented spatial frequency components supports accurate performance in a variety of tasks involving matching of facial identity. Here, we studied upright and inverted face discrimination using stimuli with which observers were either unfamiliar or personally familiar (i.e., friends and colleagues). Our results reveal increased sensitivity to horizontal spatial frequency structure in personally familiar faces, further implicating the selective processing of this information in the face processing expertise exhibited by human observers throughout their daily lives.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Additional Information: | This work was supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the Belgian National Foundation for Scientific Research. P. G. S. received support from the Wellcome Trust (UK; 107802) and MURI/EPSRC (USA, UK; 172046- 01). |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Ramon, Ms Meike and Schyns, Professor Philippe |
| Authors: | Pachai, M. V., Sekuler, A. B., Bennett, P. J., Schyns, P. G., and Ramon, M. |
| College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Psychology & Neuroscience |
| Journal Name: | Journal of Vision |
| Publisher: | Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology |
| ISSN: | 1534-7362 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1534-7362 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2017 The Authors |
| First Published: | First published in Journal of Vision 17(6): 5 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons license |
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