Covert face recognition in neurologically intact participants

Citation
Dj. Morrison et al., Covert face recognition in neurologically intact participants, PSYCHOL RES, 63(2), 2000, pp. 83-94
Citations number
49
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology
Journal title
PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH-PSYCHOLOGISCHE FORSCHUNG
ISSN journal
03400727 → ACNP
Volume
63
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
83 - 94
Database
ISI
SICI code
0340-0727(200006)63:2<83:CFRINI>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Prosopagnosic patients may maintain some ability to recognize familiar face s, although they remain unaware of this ability. This phenomenon - called c overt face recognition - was investigated in neurologically intact particip ants, using priming techniques. Participants were quicker to indicate that a target-name was familiar when the preceding prime-face belonged to the sa me person compared with an unrelated familiar person. This was observed bot h when prime-faces could be recognized overtly and when they were presented too briefly to be recognized overtly (Exps. 1 and 2). Thus, covert face re cognition was observed in neurologically intact participants. In Exp. 3, pa rticipants were quicker to recognize a familiar face when that person's fac e had been seen previously, but only when it had been recognized overtly on the first encounter. These results are interpreted within the framework of an interactive activation model of face recognition.