Lesion-behaviour mapping reveals multifactorial neurocognitive processes in recognition memory for unfamiliar faces

2021 ◽  
pp. 108078
Author(s):  
Shir Ben-Zvi Feldman ◽  
Nachum Soroker ◽  
Daniel A. Levy
Keyword(s):  
Recognition Memory ◽  
Unfamiliar Faces

Face-Processing Impairments and the Capgras Delusion

1993 ◽  
Vol 162 (5) ◽  
pp. 695-698 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew W. Young ◽  
Ian Reid ◽  
Simon Wright ◽  
Deborah J. Hellawell
Keyword(s):  
Recognition Memory ◽  
Facial Expressions ◽  
Face Processing ◽  
Visual Stimuli ◽  
Emotional Reactions ◽  
Emotional Facial Expressions ◽  
Capgras Delusion ◽  
Unfamiliar Faces

Investigations of two cases of the Capgras delusion found that both patients showed face-processing impairments encompassing identification of familiar faces, recognition of emotional facial expressions, and matching of unfamiliar faces. In neither case was there any impairment of recognition memory for words. These findings are consistent with the idea that the basis of the Capgras delusion lies in damage to neuro-anatomical pathways responsible for appropriate emotional reactions to familiar visual stimuli. The delusion would then represent the patient's attempt to make sense of the fact that these visual stimuli no longer have appropriate affective significance.

Face Recognition Memory and Configural Processing: A Developmental ERP Study using Upright, Inverted, and Contrast-Reversed Faces

2004 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 487-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roxane J. Itier ◽  
Margot J. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Face Recognition ◽  
Recognition Memory ◽  
Face Processing ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Memory System ◽  
Configural Processing ◽  
Repetition Effects ◽  
Quantitative Development ◽  
Unfamiliar Faces

The effects of configural changes on faces were investigated in children to determine their role in encoding and recognition processes. Upright, inverted, and contrast-reversed unfamiliar faces were presented in blocks in which one-third of the pictures repeated immediately or after one intervening face. Subjects (8–16 years) responded to repeated faces; eventrelated potentials were recorded throughout the procedure. Recognition improved steadily with age and all components studied showed age effects reflecting differing maturation processes occurring until adulthood. All children were affected by inversion and contrast-reversal, and face-type effects were seen on latencies and amplitudes of early components (P1 and N170), as well as on later frontal amplitudes. The “old-new” repetition effects (larger amplitude for repeated stimuli) were found at frontal sites and were similar across age groups and face types, suggesting a general working memory system comparably involved in all age groups. These data demonstrate that (1) there is quantitative development in face processing, (2) both face encoding and recognition improve with age, but (3) only encoding is affected by configural changes. The data also suggest a gradual tuning of face processing towards the upright orientation.

Recognition memory for unfamiliar faces in Parkinson's disease: Behavioral and electrophysiologic measures

2007 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 157-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasunobu Kida ◽  
Hisao Tachibana ◽  
Masanaka Takeda ◽  
Hiroo Yoshikawa ◽  
Tsunetaka Okita
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Recognition Memory ◽  
Unfamiliar Faces

Unfamiliar faces in recognition memory

Neuroreport ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (14) ◽  
pp. 872-878
Author(s):  
Yanpei Wang ◽  
Qinfang Xu ◽  
Shuirong Liao ◽  
Demei Jia
Keyword(s):  
Recognition Memory ◽  
Unfamiliar Faces

Neural substrate of recognition memory for unfamiliar faces

2019 ◽  
Vol 137 ◽  
pp. 103647
Author(s):  
Shir Ben-Zvi et Feldman ◽  
Nachum Soroker ◽  
Daniel A. Levy
Keyword(s):  
Recognition Memory ◽  
Neural Substrate ◽  
Unfamiliar Faces

scholarly journals I recognise your name but I can’t remember your face: An advantage for names in recognition memory

2018 ◽  
Vol 72 (7) ◽  
pp. 1847-1854 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Mike Burton ◽  
Rob Jenkins ◽  
David J Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Recognition Memory ◽  
Memory Task ◽  
Memory Errors ◽  
Common View ◽  
Picture Memory ◽  
The Common ◽  
Task Recognition ◽  
Widespread View ◽  
With Memory ◽  
Unfamiliar Faces

Forgetting someone’s name is a common failure of memory, and often occurs despite being able to recognise that person’s face. This gives rise to the widespread view that memory for names is generally worse than memory for faces. However, this everyday error confounds stimulus class (faces vs. names) with memory task: recognition versus recall. Here we compare memory for faces and names when both are tested in the same recognition memory framework. Contrary to the common view, we find a clear advantage for names over faces. Across three experiments, we show that recognition of previously unfamiliar names exceeds recognition of previously unfamiliar faces. This advantage persists, even when the same face pictures are repeated at learning and test—a picture-memory task known to produce high levels of performance. Differential performance between names and faces disappears in recognition memory for familiar people. The results are discussed with reference to representational complexity and everyday memory errors.

Immediate Memory for Faces: Long- or Short-Term Memory?

1973 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 316-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth K. Warrington ◽  
Angela M. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Recognition Memory ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Memory Span ◽  
Normal Subjects ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Term Memory ◽  
Verbal Stimuli ◽  
Immediate Memory ◽  
Verbal Control ◽  
Unfamiliar Faces

Immediate recognition memory span and short-term forgetting for non-verbal stimuli (“unfamiliar faces”) were investigated in normal subjects and amnesic patients. Surnames were used as a verbal control. It was found that normal subjects had a reliable immediate recognition span of one for faces and that there was no decrement in performance in the retention of three faces over a 30-s interval. Amnesic subjects were impaired on both the immediate memory span task and on the short-term forgetting task. This pattern of results contrasts with those obtained using surnames on which the results were comparable to other verbal S.T.M. tasks. It is suggested that performance on these tasks of recognition memory for faces is determined by L.T.M. processes. The implications for the interpretation of S.T.M. are discussed.

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