title: Perception of global facial geometry is modulated through experience.
abstract: Identification of personally familiar faces is highly efficient across various viewing conditions. While the presence of robust facial representations stored in memory is considered to aid this process, the mechanisms underlying invariant identification remain unclear. Two experiments tested the hypothesis that facial representations stored in memory are associated with differential perceptual processing of the overall facial geometry. Subjects who were personally familiar or unfamiliar with the identities presented discriminated between stimuli whose overall facial geometry had been manipulated to maintain or alter the original facial configuration (see Barton, Zhao & Keenan, 2003). The results demonstrate that familiarity gives rise to more efficient processing of global facial geometry, and are interpreted in terms of increased holistic processing of facial information that is maintained across viewing distances.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Research in Psychology, Institute of Neuroscience, Université catholique de Louvain , Louvain-La-Neuve , Belgium.
authors.forename: Meike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ramon
keywords: Face geometry effect; Face processing; Facial configuration; Holistic processing; Personal familiarity; Real-life exposure; Viewing distances
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