Facial Memory: The Role of the Pre-Existing Knowledge in Face Processing and Recognition

Facial Memory: The Role of the Pre-Existing Knowledge in Face Processing and Recognition

Faces are visual stimuli full of information. Depending upon the familiarity with a face, the information we can extract will differ, so the more familiarity with a face, the more information that can be extracted from it. The present article reviews the role that pre-existing knowledge of a face ha...

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Main Author: Alejandro J. Estudillo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for Psychology 2012-05-01
Series:Europe's Journal of Psychology
Subjects:
familiar faces
unfamiliar faces
face processing
face recognition
face processing models
Online Access:http://ejop.psychopen.eu/article/view/455

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