title: Influence of motion on face recognition.
abstract: The influence of motion information and temporal associations on recognition of non-familiar faces was investigated using two groups which performed a face recognition task. One group was presented with regular temporal sequences of face views designed to produce the impression of motion of the face rotating in depth, the other group with random sequences of the same views. In one condition, participants viewed the sequences of the views in rapid succession with a negligible interstimulus interval (ISI). This condition was characterized by three different presentation times. In another condition, participants were presented a sequence with a 1-sec. ISI among the views. That regular sequences of views with a negligible ISI and a shorter presentation time were hypothesized to give rise to better recognition, related to a stronger impression of face rotation. Analysis of data from 45 participants showed a shorter presentation time was associated with significantly better accuracy on the recognition task; however, differences between performances associated with regular and random sequences were not significant.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: Natale S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Bonfiglio
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Manfredi
authors.forename: Eliano
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pessa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D005145:Face; D005149:Facial Expression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D009038:Motion; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D021641:Recognition, Psychology; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult