title: Temporal limitation of Navon effect on face recognition.
abstract: Performance on a face identification line-up task is impaired if an intervening task involved processing the local features of a Navon stimulus rather than its global features. These results have only been shown in comparison with a reading task in line-up paradigms. In Exp. 1 undergraduates (3 men, 17 women, M age =19 yr., selected by convenience) were tested in a replication of this Navon-effect using a recognition paradigm. The effect is observed only during the early part of the recognition test phase. In Exp. 2 analysis of undergraduates' responses (9 men, 20 women, M age =19, selected by convenience) showed the decrease in the Navon effect could be prevented by alternating the Navon task with the face recognition task.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, Tower Building, Cardiff University, Park Place, Cardiff, Wales, UK. HillsPJ@Cardiff.ac.uk
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Hills
authors.forename: Michael B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Lewis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D004193:Discrimination Learning; D005145:Face; D005260:Female; D005364:Field Dependence-Independence; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D011601:Psychophysics; D011930:Reaction Time; D012858:Size Perception; D014163:Transfer, Psychology; D014705:Verbal Behavior