Exploring the relationship between mindfulness, compassion and unfamiliar face identification

The separability of different subcomponents of face processing has been regularly affirmed, but not always so clearly demonstrated. In particular, the ability to extract speech from faces (lip-reading) has been shown to dissociate doubly from face identification in neurological but not in other populations. In this series of experiments with undergraduates, the classification of speech sounds (lip-reading) from personally familiar and unfamiliar face photographs was explored using speeded manual responses. The independence of lip-reading from identity-based processing was confirmed. Furthermore, the established pattern of independence of expression-matching from, and dependence of identity-matching on, face familiarity was extended to personally familiar faces and “difficult”-emotion decisions. The implications of these findings are discussed.

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Facial expressions modulate visual features utilization in unfamiliar face identification

Journal of Vision ◽

10.1167/16.12.161 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 16 (12) ◽

pp. 161

Author(s):

Daniel Fiset ◽

Josiane Leclerc ◽

Jessica Royer ◽

Valérie Plouffe ◽

Caroline Blais

Keyword(s):

Facial Expressions ◽

Visual Features ◽

Face Identification ◽

Unfamiliar Face

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Social Evaluation of Faces Across Gender and Familiarity

Perception ◽

10.1177/0301006619848996 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 48 (6) ◽

pp. 471-486 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mila Mileva ◽

Robin S. S. Kramer ◽

A.Mike Burton

Keyword(s):

Sex Differences ◽

Face Processing ◽

Social Dimensions ◽

Social Evaluation ◽

Multiple Images ◽

The Social ◽

Unfamiliar Face ◽

Image Rating ◽

High Dominance ◽

The Relationship

Models of social evaluation aim to capture the information people use to form first impressions of unfamiliar others. However, little is currently known about the relationship between perceived traits across gender. In Study 1, we asked viewers to provide ratings of key social dimensions (dominance, trustworthiness, etc.) for multiple images of 40 unfamiliar identities. We observed clear sex differences in the perception of dominance—with negative evaluations of high dominance in unfamiliar females but not males. In Study 2, we used the social evaluation context to investigate the key predictions about the importance of pictorial information in familiar and unfamiliar face processing. We compared the consistency of ratings attributed to different images of the same identities and demonstrated that ratings of images depicting the same familiar identity are more tightly clustered than those of unfamiliar identities. Such results imply a shift from image rating to person rating with increased familiarity, a finding which generalises results previously observed in studies of identification.

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The Goldsmiths Unfamiliar Face Memory and Before They Were Adult Tests

10.31219/osf.io/cfgz9 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Ashok Jansari ◽

E. Green ◽

Francesco Innocenti ◽

Diego Nardi ◽

Elena Belanova ◽

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Keyword(s):

Face Recognition ◽

Holistic Processing ◽

Face Identification ◽

Facial Features ◽

Face Memory ◽

Face Matching ◽

Recognition Ability ◽

Unfamiliar Face ◽

The Continuum

Unfamiliar face identification ability varies widely in the population. Those at the extreme top and bottom ends of the continuum have been labelled super-recognisers and prosopagnosics, respectively. Here we describe the development of two new tests - the Goldsmiths Unfamiliar Face Memory Test (GUFMT) and the Before They Were Adult Test (BTWA), that have been designed to measure different aspects of face identity ability across the spectrum. The GUFMT is a test of face memory, the BTWA a test of simultaneous adult-to-child face matching. Their designs draw on theories suggesting face identification is achieved by the recognition of facial features, the consistency across time of configurations between those features, and holistic processing of faces as a Gestalt. In four phases, participants (n = 16737), recruited using different methods, allowed evaluations to drive GUFMT development, the creation of likely population norms, as well as correlations with established face recognition tests. Recommendations for criteria for classification of super-recognition ability are also made.

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The effect of face masks and sunglasses on identity and expression recognition with super-recognizers and typical observers

Royal Society Open Science ◽

10.1098/rsos.201169 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Eilidh Noyes ◽

Josh P. Davis ◽

Nikolay Petrov ◽

Katie L. H. Gray ◽

Kay L. Ritchie

Keyword(s):

Emotion Recognition ◽

Face Identification ◽

Mask Condition ◽

Expression Recognition ◽

Group Level ◽

Familiar Face ◽

Face Matching ◽

Unfamiliar Face Matching ◽

Unfamiliar Face ◽

Psychology Theory

Face masks present a new challenge to face identification (here matching) and emotion recognition in Western cultures. Here, we present the results of three experiments that test the effect of masks, and also the effect of sunglasses (an occlusion that individuals tend to have more experienced with) on (i) familiar face matching, (ii) unfamiliar face matching and (iii) emotion categorization. Occlusion reduced accuracy in all three tasks, with most errors in the mask condition; however, there was little difference in performance for faces in masks compared with faces in sunglasses. Super-recognizers, people who are highly skilled at matching unconcealed faces, were impaired by occlusion, but at the group level, performed with higher accuracy than controls on all tasks. Results inform psychology theory with implications for everyday interactions, security and policing in a mask-wearing society.

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Exploring the time course of face matching: Temporal constraints impair unfamiliar face identification under temporally unconstrained viewing

Vision Research ◽

10.1016/j.visres.2011.08.009 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 51 (19) ◽

pp. 2145-2155 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

Müge Özbek ◽

Markus Bindemann

Keyword(s):

Time Course ◽

Face Identification ◽

Temporal Constraints ◽

Face Matching ◽

Unfamiliar Face

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Sex differences in unfamiliar face identification: Evidence from matching tasks

Acta Psychologica ◽

10.1016/j.actpsy.2011.03.003 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 137 (1) ◽

pp. 83-89 ◽

Cited By ~ 43

Author(s):

Ahmed M. Megreya ◽

Markus Bindemann ◽

Catriona Havard

Keyword(s):

Sex Differences ◽

Face Identification ◽

Unfamiliar Face

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Interstellar gas in the central region of the Galaxy

Symposium - International Astronomical Union ◽

10.1017/s0074180900101032 ◽

1967 ◽

Vol 31 ◽

pp. 239-251 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

F. J. Kerr

Keyword(s):

Central Region ◽

Galactic Plane ◽

Neutral Hydrogen ◽

Continuum Emission ◽

Galactic Centre ◽

Interstellar Gas ◽

Hydrogen Recombination ◽

The Galaxy ◽

Centre Region ◽

The Relationship

A review is given of information on the galactic-centre region obtained from recent observations of the 21-cm line from neutral hydrogen, the 18-cm group of OH lines, a hydrogen recombination line at 6 cm wavelength, and the continuum emission from ionized hydrogen.Both inward and outward motions are important in this region, in addition to rotation. Several types of observation indicate the presence of material in features inclined to the galactic plane. The relationship between the H and OH concentrations is not yet clear, but a rough picture of the central region can be proposed.

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The relationship of the scleractinian corals to the rugose corals

Paleobiology ◽

10.1017/s0094837300025707 ◽

1980 ◽

Vol 6 (02) ◽

pp. 146-160 ◽

Cited By ~ 29

Author(s):

William A. Oliver

Keyword(s):

Critical Points ◽

Scleractinian Corals ◽

Convincing Evidence ◽

Early Triassic ◽

Rugose Corals ◽

History Of ◽

The Subject ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship ◽

Biologic Factors

The Mesozoic-Cenozoic coral Order Scleractinia has been suggested to have originated or evolved (1) by direct descent from the Paleozoic Order Rugosa or (2) by the development of a skeleton in members of one of the anemone groups that probably have existed throughout Phanerozoic time. In spite of much work on the subject, advocates of the direct descent hypothesis have failed to find convincing evidence of this relationship. Critical points are:(1) Rugosan septal insertion is serial; Scleractinian insertion is cyclic; no intermediate stages have been demonstrated. Apparent intermediates are Scleractinia having bilateral cyclic insertion or teratological Rugosa.(2) There is convincing evidence that the skeletons of many Rugosa were calcitic and none are known to be or to have been aragonitic. In contrast, the skeletons of all living Scleractinia are aragonitic and there is evidence that fossil Scleractinia were aragonitic also. The mineralogic difference is almost certainly due to intrinsic biologic factors.(3) No early Triassic corals of either group are known. This fact is not compelling (by itself) but is important in connection with points 1 and 2, because, given direct descent, both changes took place during this only stage in the history of the two groups in which there are no known corals.

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