Developmental commonalities between object and face recognition in adolescence
In the visual perception literature, the recognition of faces has often been contrasted with that of non-face objects, in terms of differences with regard to the role of parts, part relations and holistic processing. However, recent evidence from developmental studies has begun to blur this sharp di...
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| description | In the visual perception literature, the recognition of faces has often been contrasted with that of non-face objects, in terms of differences with regard to the role of parts, part relations and holistic processing. However, recent evidence from developmental studies has begun to blur this sharp distinction. We review evidence for a protracted development of object recognition that is reminiscent of the well-documented slow maturation observed for faces. The prolonged development manifests itself in a retarded processing of metric part relations as opposed to that of individual parts and offers surprising parallels to developmental accounts of face recognition, even though the interpretation of the data is less clear with regard to holistic processing. We conclude that such results might indicate functional commonalities between the mechanisms underlying the recognition of faces and non-face objects, which are modulated by different task requirements in the two stimulus domains. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ccd3f65ce354474a99fe404153628f662022-12-21T21:43:28ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782016-03-01710.3389/fpsyg.2016.00385145864Developmental commonalities between object and face recognition in adolescenceMartin eJüttner0Elley eWakui1Dean ePetters2Jules eDavidoff3Aston UniversityUniversity of East LondonBirmingham City UniversityGoldsmiths, University of LondonIn the visual perception literature, the recognition of faces has often been contrasted with that of non-face objects, in terms of differences with regard to the role of parts, part relations and holistic processing. However, recent evidence from developmental studies has begun to blur this sharp distinction. We review evidence for a protracted development of object recognition that is reminiscent of the well-documented slow maturation observed for faces. The prolonged development manifests itself in a retarded processing of metric part relations as opposed to that of individual parts and offers surprising parallels to developmental accounts of face recognition, even though the interpretation of the data is less clear with regard to holistic processing. We conclude that such results might indicate functional commonalities between the mechanisms underlying the recognition of faces and non-face objects, which are modulated by different task requirements in the two stimulus domains.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00385/fulldevelopmentobject recognitionface recognitionholisticpartconfigural |
| spellingShingle | Martin eJüttner Elley eWakui Dean ePetters Jules eDavidoff Developmental commonalities between object and face recognition in adolescence Frontiers in Psychology development object recognition face recognition holistic part configural |
| title | Developmental commonalities between object and face recognition in adolescence |
| title_full | Developmental commonalities between object and face recognition in adolescence |
| title_fullStr | Developmental commonalities between object and face recognition in adolescence |
| title_full_unstemmed | Developmental commonalities between object and face recognition in adolescence |
| title_short | Developmental commonalities between object and face recognition in adolescence |
| title_sort | developmental commonalities between object and face recognition in adolescence |
| topic | development object recognition face recognition holistic part configural |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00385/full |
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