Task‐specific associations between holistic processing and individual differences in face memory
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| ID | 21297898 |
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| Autores | Bryan Qi Zheng Leong (0000-0002-7394-0357, School of Psychology Bournemouth University Poole UK, autor de correspondencia), Ahamed Miflah Hussain Ismail (School of Psychology University of Nottingham Malaysia Semenyih Malaysia), Alejandro J Estudillo (0000-0002-7760-318X, School of Psychology Bournemouth University Poole UK) |
| Año | 2026 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2026-05-13 |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | British Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0007-1269 • E-ISSN: 2044-8295 |
| Editorial | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/bjop.70084 |
| PMID | 42130129 |
| OpenAlex | W7161195072 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referencias citadas | 131 |
Whether individual differences in face identification can be predicted by holistic processing, and whether both share a common underlying mechanism, remain open questions. Past studies exploring this association have produced mixed findings, but they have typically examined only a subset of holistic processing measures, focused largely on identification tasks relying heavily on face perception rather than memory, and/or failed to examine whether the relationship between holistic processing and face identification is face‐specific. The present study is the first to examine how all three traditional measures of holistic face processing—the face inversion, part‐whole, and composite face tasks—relate to individual differences in memory‐based face identification, while also exploring whether these relationships are independent of non‐face object identification. We found that face memory was associated with the face inversion and part‐whole effects, but not the composite face effect. Exploratory factor analyses revealed two mechanisms of holistic face processing. The first component was loaded moderately by face memory, inversion, and part‐whole effects, while the second was loaded strongly by the composite face effect. The findings suggest that face recognition is not facilitated by a single, unitary holistic processing mechanism and highlight the need to reconsider how holistic processing is conceptualized and measured
Association (psychology) · Face (sociological concept) · Face perception · Facial recognition system · Identification (biology) · Perception · Face Recognition and Perception · Memory Processes and Influences · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
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