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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Attention to internal face features in unfamiliar face matching |
Author: | Fletcher, K. Butavicius, M. Lee, M. |
Citation: | British Journal of Psychology, 2008; 99 Part 3(3):379-394 |
Publisher: | British Psychological Soc |
Issue Date: | 2008 |
ISSN: | 0007-1269 2044-8295 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Kingsley I. Fletcher, Marcus A. Butavicius and Michael D. Lee |
Abstract: | Accurate matching of unfamiliar faces is vital in security and forensic applications, yet previous research has suggested that humans often perform poorly when matching unfamiliar faces. Hairstyle and facial hair can strongly influence unfamiliar face matching but are potentially unreliable cues. This study investigated whether increased attention to the more stable internal face features of eyes, nose, and mouth was associated with more accurate face-matching performance. Forty-three first-year psychology students decided whether two simultaneously presented faces were of the same person or not. The faces were displayed for either 2 or 6 seconds, and had either similar or dissimilar hairstyles. The level of attention to internal features was measured by the proportion of fixation time spent on the internal face features and the sensitivity of discrimination to changes in external feature similarity. Increased attention to internal features was associated with increased discrimination in the 2-second display-time condition, but no significant relationship was found in the 6-second condition. Individual differences in eye-movements were highly stable across the experimental conditions. |
Keywords: | Face Humans Facial Expression Cues Pattern Recognition, Visual Attention Fixation, Ocular Time Factors Discrimination, Psychological Recognition, Psychology |
DOI: | 10.1348/000712607X235872 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1348/000712607x235872 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 5 Environment Institute publications Psychology publications |
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