Facial Memory: The Role of the Pre-Existing Knowledge in Face Processing and Recognition
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Estudillo, Alejandro J.
Abstract / Description
Faces are visual stimuli full of information. Depending upon the familiarity with a face, the information we can extract will differ, so the more familiarity with a face, the more information that can be extracted from it. The present article reviews the role that pre-existing knowledge of a face has in its processing. Here, we focus on behavioral, electrophysiological and neuroimaging evidence. The influence of familiarity in early stages (attention, perception and working memory) and in later stages (pre-semantic and semantic knowledge) of the processing are discussed. The differences in brain anatomy for familiar and unfamiliar faces are also considered. As it will be shown, experimental data seems to support that familiarity can affect even the earliest stages of the recognition.
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familiar faces unfamiliar faces face processing face recognition face processing modelsPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2012-05-31
Journal title
Europe's Journal of Psychology
Volume
8
Issue
2
Page numbers
231–244
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
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Review status
peerReviewed
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Estudillo, A. J. (2012). Facial Memory: The Role of the Pre-Existing Knowledge in Face Processing and Recognition. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 8(2), 231–244. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v8i2.455
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Estudillo, Alejandro J.
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Date of first publication2012-05-31
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Abstract / DescriptionFaces are visual stimuli full of information. Depending upon the familiarity with a face, the information we can extract will differ, so the more familiarity with a face, the more information that can be extracted from it. The present article reviews the role that pre-existing knowledge of a face has in its processing. Here, we focus on behavioral, electrophysiological and neuroimaging evidence. The influence of familiarity in early stages (attention, perception and working memory) and in later stages (pre-semantic and semantic knowledge) of the processing are discussed. The differences in brain anatomy for familiar and unfamiliar faces are also considered. As it will be shown, experimental data seems to support that familiarity can affect even the earliest stages of the recognition.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationEstudillo, A. J. (2012). Facial Memory: The Role of the Pre-Existing Knowledge in Face Processing and Recognition. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 8(2), 231–244. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v8i2.455
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ISSN1841-0413
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1130
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1322
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v8i2.455
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Keyword(s)familiar facesen_US
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Keyword(s)unfamiliar facesen_US
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Keyword(s)face processingen_US
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Keyword(s)face recognitionen_US
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Keyword(s)face processing modelsen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleFacial Memory: The Role of the Pre-Existing Knowledge in Face Processing and Recognitionen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue2
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Journal titleEurope's Journal of Psychology
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Page numbers231–244
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Volume8
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