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The time course of processing external and internal features of unfamiliar faces

Veres-Injac, Bozana; Schwaninger, Adrian (2009). The time course of processing external and internal features of unfamiliar faces. Psychological Research, 73(1):43-53.

Abstract

The time course of processing internal and external facial features was studied in a sequential face matching task, where first a target face was presented, followed by a test face. The exposure duration of the test face was varied systematically (90, 120, 150ms, and self-paced). In three tasks, participants were instructed to match either the whole face, only external features, or only internal features of the target and test face. Taken together, the results in all the three tasks provide evidence for very fast matching processes. For upright faces, maximal performance was achieved at 90ms exposure duration and longer exposure durations (120, 150ms, self-paced) did not improve accuracy. For inverted whole faces, reduced exposure duration resulted in an increase of matching errors, suggesting that below 150ms of exposure duration, inverted faces cannot be matched reliably. When matching selected facial features only, no such inversion effect was found. Our data challenges previous claims that external features are matched faster than internal: no difference of time course was found between external and internal features. However, external features were matched more accurately

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:National licences > 142-005
Dewey Decimal Classification:150 Psychology
Scopus Subject Areas:Social Sciences & Humanities > Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Social Sciences & Humanities > Developmental and Educational Psychology
Social Sciences & Humanities > Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Language:English
Date:1 January 2009
Deposited On:23 Nov 2018 14:58
Last Modified:19 Oct 2024 01:40
Publisher:Springer
ISSN:0340-0727
OA Status:Green
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-008-0147-5
PubMed ID:18421474
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