Comparing Inverted Faces to Upright Faces Using Similarity or Mental Rotation

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ID21288059
AuthorsSam S Rakover (University of Haifa, corresponding author), Rani Amit Bar-On (University of Haifa, corresponding author), Anna Gliklich (University of Haifa, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume135
Issue2
Pages161-167
Publication date2022-07-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe American Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9556 • E-ISSN: 1939-8298
PublisherUniversity of Illinois Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.5406/19398298.135.2.03
OpenAlexW4284883047
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited26

A major interest of research in face recognition lies in explaining the face inversion effect, in which the recognition of an inverted face is less successful than that of an upright face. However, prior research has devoted little effort to examining how the cognitive system handles comparison between inverted and upright faces. The results of a preparatory experiment and two following experiments support the conclusion that the comparison is based more on visual similarity than on a mental rotation of the inverted face to an upright face. Visual similarity is based on certain elements mutual to the two faces, which resist the transformation of inversion. These elements are symmetric or salient components of the face, such as round eyes or thick lips

Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Face (sociological concept) · Face perception · Facial recognition system · Image (mathematics) · Inversion (geology) · Linguistics · Mental Rotation · Pattern recognition (psychology) · Perception · Rotation (mathematics) · Salient · Similarity (geometry) · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Face recognition and analysis · Face Recognition and Perception · Psychology · Visual Attention and Saliency Detection

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