Distinctiveness, typicality, and recollective experience in face recognition: A principal components analysis

Recognition memory in developmental prosopagnosia: electrophysiological evidence for abnormal routes to face recognition

“…One explanation might be that of facial distinctiveness, or at least perceived facial distinctiveness, affecting recognition. Previous research has suggested that remember responses are primarily influenced by the distinctiveness of a face, with increasing distinctiveness leading to more recollected experiences (Dewhurst et al, 2005). Increasing distinctiveness has also been indicated as causing fewer false alarms (Light et al, 1979).…”

“…If recollection is primarily aided by distinctiveness, and that those with DP are incapable of making reliable distinctiveness judgments, then it does raise the question on what “remember” responses in individuals with DP are based. It might be interesting to see if other factors identified in face recognition are being used by those with DP, such as attractiveness, memorability, typicality or how much each face reminds them of someone they already know (Dewhurst et al, 2005). …”

“…Increasing usage of familiarity in discrimination tasks has been linked with face typicality, that is, how much a face looks like an average face (Vokey and Read, 1992; Dewhurst et al, 2005). Typicality and distinctiveness have been proposed to be opposite ends of a continuum upon which faces can be found (Johnston et al, 1997).…”

Faces forming traces: Neurophysiological correlates of learning naturally distinctive and caricatured faces

“…They lie further in the periphery of face-space and therefore stand out. Facial distinctiveness facilitates efficient encoding and recognition (Dewhurst et al, 2005;Going and Read, 1974;Hancock et al, 1996;Vokey and Read, 1992).…”

I’d know that face anywhere!

“…Many studies have explored what makes faces so memorable (e.g., Farah, Wilson, Drain, & Tanaka, 1998) but few have assessed the subjective experience of memory for faces (e.g., Brandt, Macrae, Schloerscheidt, & Milne, 2003;D'Argembeau & Van der Linden, 2004;Dewhurst, Hay, & Wickham, 2005;Moscovitch & McAndrews, 2002;Parkin, Gardiner, & Rosser, 1995). There has been much research on the effects of context on recognition memory (e.g., Godden & Baddeley, 1980;Macken, 2002;McKenzie & Tiberghien, 2004), including studies of context manipulations on face recognition (e.g., Memon & Bruce, 1985).…”