Development of face recognition
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5268426 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Myung‐sook Chung (Monash University, corresponding author), Donald M Thomson (Monash University) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 86 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 55-87 |
| Publication date | 1995-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1269 • E-ISSN: 2044-8295 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1995.tb02546.x |
| PMID | 7712070 |
| OpenAlex | W2099312995 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
In this article, research findings from studies which have examined the developmental pattern for recognition of unfamiliar faces and relevant theories are reviewed. Recognition of faces was found to improve with age from about five years to adulthood, with some studies reporting a dip during early adolescence. Two neuropsychological explanations (development of hemisphere specialization and maturational changes) and four information processing explanations (depth of face processing, pattern of feature salience, development of face schema, and encoding shift) are described and assessed for their tenability in light of reported findings. Explanations for the developmental dip are also discussed. Since these explanations failed to receive sufficient empirical support, an alternative explanation in terms of increasing efficiency of encoding is proposed
Cognition · Cognitive development · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Encoding (memory) · Face (sociological concept) · Face perception · Facial recognition system · Information processing · Linguistics · Neuropsychology · Pattern recognition (psychology) · Perception · Salience (neuroscience) · Schema (genetic algorithms) · Face recognition and analysis · Face Recognition and Perception · Neuroscience · Psychology
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The Ability of Face Viewpoint Transformation Remains Immature at Age of 12
Why neuroscience matters to cognitive neuropsychology
Recognizing faces of other ethnic groups
Matching Faces
| Citations per year | 0.52 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2001 - 2018 (18) |
| Highly cited | No |