A multinomial modelling approach to face identity recognition during instructed threat

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ID21505170
AuthorsNina R Arnold (0000-0002-9442-7122, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim/Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany, corresponding author), Hernán González Cruz (0000-0003-0916-2658, University of Mannheim), Sabine Schellhaas (Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim/Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany), Florian Bublatzky (0000-0002-7726-0682, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim/Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume35
Issue7
Pages1302-1319
Publication date2021-10-03
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCognition & Emotion (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0269-9931 • E-ISSN: 1464-0600
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02699931.2021.1951175
PMID34253158
OpenAlexW3181936413
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited78

To organise future behaviour, it is important to remember both the central and contextual aspects of a situation. We examined the impact of contextual threat or safety, learned through verbal instructions, on face identity recognition. In two studies (N = 140), 72 face–context compounds were presented each once within an encoding session, and an unexpected item/source recognition task was performed afterwards (including 24 new faces). Hierarchical multinomial processing tree modelling served to estimate individual parameters of item (face identity) and source memory (threat or safety context) as well as guessing behaviour. Results show that language was highly effective in establishing threatening and safe context conditions. In Study 1, a fleeting picture stream (1 s per picture) led to poor item and source recognition. Prolonged presentation times (Study 2 with 6 s per picture) improved face memory but no contextual modulation was observed. Thus, incidental face learning was surprisingly poor and rapidly changing contextual settings might have interfered with the accurate encoding of face identity information and item–source binding

Aesthetics · Cognitive psychology · Facial recognition system · Linguistics · Multinomial distribution · Communication · Deception detection and forensic psychology · Face recognition and analysis · Face Recognition and Perception · Psychology · Social Psychology

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