Recognising familiar faces out of context

Laurence, Sarah; Eyre, Jordyn and Strathie, Ailsa (2021). Recognising familiar faces out of context. Perception (Early access).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0301006620984326

Abstract

Expertise in familiar face recognition has been well-documented in several studies. Here we examined the role of context using a surprise lecturer recognition test. Across two experiments we found few students recognised their lecturer when they were unexpected, but accuracy was higher when the lecturer was preceded by a prompt. Our findings suggest familiar face recognition can be poor in unexpected contexts.

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• Item ORO ID
• 74144
• Item Type
• Journal Item
• ISSN
• 0301-0066
• Keywords
• face perception; familiar faces; personal familiarity; context
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Psychology and Counselling > Psychology
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Psychology and Counselling
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)
• Research Group
• Open Psychology Research Centre
• Copyright Holders
• © 2021 Sarah Laurence, © 2021 Jordyn Eyre, © 2021 Ailsa Strathie
• Depositing User
• Sarah Laurence