An investigation into component and configural processes underlying face perception
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5268641 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Justine Sergent (McGill University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 221-242 |
| Publication date | 1984-05-01 |
| 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.2044-8295.1984.tb01895.x |
| PMID | 6733396 |
| OpenAlex | W2121828255 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 29 |
The nature of the processes underlying face perception was examined in two different paradigms using the same set of stimuli varying on three dimensions of two values each. In a simultaneous matching task, both latencies and errors were found to decrease as the number of differences between stimuli increased. Regression analyses showed that the manipulated features interactively contributed to these variations when the faces were presented in their normal upright orientation, whereas no evidence of an interactive processing was found when the faces were inverted. A multidimensional scaling analysis of dissimilarity judgements between pairs of different upright faces revealed that the overall impression of a face was not simply the sum of subimpressions, and that a configuration typical of each face emerged from the relationship among their particular features, giving each face its individuality. The results suggest that faces have both component and configural properties and lend themselves to different processing strategies that are not mutually exclusive and can unfold simultaneously. Some implications of these results for current research on face perception and recognition are outlined
Cognitive psychology · Component (thermodynamics) · Face (sociological concept) · Face perception · Matching (statistics) · Multidimensional scaling · Orientation (vector space) · Perception · Set (abstract data type) · Statistics · Task (project management) · Color perception and design · Communication · Computer Science · Face Recognition and Perception · Mathematics · Neuroscience · Psychology · Social Psychology · Visual perception and processing mechanisms
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Developmental Factors in Face Processing
Structural Processing of Faces
What is "special" about face perception?
Electrophysiological Studies of Face Perception in Humans
Configurational Information in Face Perception
Parts and Wholes in Face Recognition
Recognizing Emotion from Facial Expressions
An investigation on the face inversion effect in deaf children
Differential Sensitivity to Rotations of Facial Features in the Thatcher Illusion
Task‐specific associations between holistic processing and individual differences in face memory
Distinguishing accurate from inaccurate eyewitness identifications via inquiries about decision processes
Understanding face recognition
Discrimination of spatial relations and features in faces
The face‐inversion effect can be explained by the capacity limitations of an orientation normalization mechanism 1
The Ability of Face Viewpoint Transformation Remains Immature at Age of 12
Effects of emotion concepts on perceptual memory for emotional expressions
Evidence of the Face Inversion Effect in 4‐Month‐Old Infants
Infants' Processing of Featural and Configural Information in the Upper and Lower Halves of the Face
The Development of Specialized Processing of Own‐Race Faces in Infancy
Red, Green, Blue, Red, Argh! A Missing Shift in Processing
Emotional state and the detection of change in facial expression of emotion
Aberrant first fixations when looking at inverted faces in various poses
The role of skin color and facial physiognomy in racial categorization
Featural processing in face preferences
The Perceptual Determinants of Person Construal
Recognizing faces of other ethnic groups
Contact and other-race effects in configural and component processing of faces
| Citations per year | 0.72 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1986 - 2026 (41) |
| Highly cited | No |