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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.

Keyword(s)

familiar faces unfamiliar faces face processing face recognition face processing models

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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

Publication status

publishedVersion

Review status

peerReviewed

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Citation

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
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Estudillo, Alejandro J.
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2018-11-21T10:00:33Z
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    2018-11-21T10:00:33Z
  • Date of first publication
    2012-05-31
  • 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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  • Publication status
    publishedVersion
  • Review status
    peerReviewed
  • Citation
    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
  • ISSN
    1841-0413
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1130
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1322
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Publisher
    PsychOpen GOLD
  • Is version of
    https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v8i2.455
  • Keyword(s)
    familiar faces
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  • Keyword(s)
    unfamiliar faces
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  • Keyword(s)
    face processing
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  • Keyword(s)
    face recognition
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  • Keyword(s)
    face processing models
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Facial Memory: The Role of the Pre-Existing Knowledge in Face Processing and Recognition
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  • DRO type
    article
  • Issue
    2
  • Journal title
    Europe's Journal of Psychology
  • Page numbers
    231–244
  • Volume
    8
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    Version of Record