Use of the Oxford face matching test reveals an effect of ageing on face perception but not face memory

Stantić, Mirta; Hearne, Bethan; Catmur, Caroline; Bird, Geoffrey

doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2021.08.016

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“…The PI20 score is correlated with performance across several paradigms investigating face perception and face memory (e.g., Cambridge Face Memory Test, Glasgow Face Matching Test), as well as with autistic trait scores (Shah et al, 2015;Gehdu et al, 2022;Stantić et al, 2022a). It was also correlated with the OFMT in most, but not all, reports (Stantić et al, 2021(Stantić et al, , 2022a. The internal reliability of the PI20 in the current study was high (Cronbach's α = 0.942 [0.928-0.953]).…”

Section: The 20-item Prosopagnosia Indexmentioning

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“…However, we observed a large significant difference in accuracy between same-face trials and different-face trials (64.8 ± 0.147 % versus 82.9 ± 0.093 %; t 147 = -10.4, p = 2.6 × 10 −19 ; Figure 2B), and there was a negative relationship between the accuracy on same-face trials and accuracy on different-face trials (r = -0.531, p = 3.7 × 10 −12 ). To test whether this reflected an anomaly in our data, we downloaded the large dataset used by Stantić et al (2021), which was available online (accessed on July 5, 2022). 3 In this previous dataset, we found the same negative correlation between sameand different-face trials (r = -0.487, p = 9.2 × 10 −36 ).…”

Section: Face Matching Performancementioning

confidence: 99%

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Contributions of face processing, social anhedonia and mentalizing to the expression of social autistic-like traits

Pieslinger

Wiskerke²,

Igelström³

2022

Front. Behav. Neurosci.

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IntroductionQuantitative autistic-like traits (QATs) are a constellation of traits that mirror those of clinical autism and are thought to share the same mechanisms as the condition. There is great interest in identifying the genetic and neurobiological basis of QATs, but progress is hindered by the composite nature of these clinically based constructs. Social QATs are defined according to the diagnostic criteria for autism, comprising multiple potential neural mechanisms that may contribute to varying degrees. The objective of this study was to decompose social QATs into more specific constructs, in line with the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC). We chose constructs with trait-like properties and known or suggested significance for autistic social function: (1) social anhedonia, (2) prosopagnosia (face blindness), and (3) mentalizing (attributing mental states to images of eyes). We hypothesized that these constructs may all contribute to observed variance in social QATs.MethodsWe recruited 148 adults with a broad range of QATs (mean age 37.9 years, range 18–69; 50% female; 5.4% autistic) to an experimental behavioral study conducted online. We estimated social QATs using the social factor of the Comprehensive Autistic Traits Inventory. We used the Oxford Face Matching Task and the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test to measure face matching ability and mentalizing, respectively. Social anhedonia traits were measured with the Anticipatory and Consummatory Interpersonal Pleasure Scale, and prosopagnosic traits with the 20-item Prosopagnosia Index. A combination of frequentist and Bayesian statistics was used to test the social constructs as predictors of social QATs.ResultsWe found that social anhedonic traits, prosopagnosic traits, and face matching performance were likely predictors of social QATs, whereas mentalizing showed limited contribution.ConclusionThe findings support prosopagnosic and anhedonic traits, but not mentalizing deficits, as dimensional predictors of individual differences in social function across the autistic spectrum. Further, the study strongly suggests that social reward systems and face processing networks play significant and independent roles in autistic-like social function.

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Contributions of face processing, social anhedonia and mentalizing to the expression of social autistic-like traits

Pieslinger

Wiskerke²,

Igelström³

2022

Front. Behav. Neurosci.

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“…They show that face matching performance can be measured using the OFMT without explicitly asking participants to estimate the perceptual similarity of presented faces. It is therefore expected that indicative OFMT scores across ages and genders ( Stantić et al, 2021 ) can be used as guides for performance with or without similarity judgements. It should, however, be noted that we did not test neurodiverse populations (e.g., super-recognisers, developmental prosopagnosics, autistic participants) in this study, and it is possible that such populations might show different patterns of results to the present sample.…”

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The Oxford Face Matching Test: Short-form alternative

Stantić,

Knyspel,

Gaches

et al. 2023

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

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A recently published test of face perception, the Oxford Face Matching Test, asks participants to make two judgements: whether two faces are of the same individual; and how perceptually similar the two faces are. In the present study, we sought to determine to what extent the test can be shortened by removing the perceptual similarity judgements, and whether this impacts test performance. In Experiment 1, participants completed two versions of the test, with and without similarity judgements, in separate sessions in counterbalanced order. The version without similarity judgements took approximately 40% less time to complete. Performance on the matching judgements did not differ across versions and the correlation in accuracy across the two versions was comparable to the originally reported test-retest reliability value. Experiment 2 validated the version without similarity judgements against other measures, demonstrating moderate relationships with other face matching, memory and self-report face perception measures. These data indicate that a test version without the similarity judgements can substantially reduce administration time without impacting on test performance.

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“…The PI20 score is correlated with performance across several paradigms investigating face perception and face memory (e.g., Cambridge Face Memory Test, Glasgow Face Matching Test), as well as with autistic trait scores (Shah et al, 2015;Gehdu et al, 2022;Stantić et al, 2022a). It was also correlated with the OFMT in most, but not all, reports (Stantić et al, 2021;Stantić et al, 2022a;Stantić et al, 2022b).…”

Section: The 20-item Prosopagnosia Indexmentioning

confidence: 93%

“…3B), and there was a negative relationship between the accuracy on same-face trials and accuracy on different-face trials (r = -0.531, p = 3.7×10 -12 ). To test whether this reflected an anomaly in our data, we downloaded the dataset used by Stantić et al (2021), which had been made available online (https://osf.io/weazf, accessed on July 5, 2022). In this previous dataset, we found the same negative correlation between same-and different-face trials (r = -0.487, p = 9.2×10 -36 ).…”

Section: Face Matching Performancementioning

confidence: 99%

Contributions of face processing, social anhedonia and mentalizing to the expression of social autistic-like traits

Pieslinger¹,

Wiskerke²,

Igelström³

2022

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The broad autistic phenotype (BAP) is a constellation of traits that mirror those of clinical autism and share the same mechanisms as the condition. Social, communicative, and rigid/repetitive BAP traits can therefore be studied in the general population. Socio-communicative BAP traits are defined according to broad diagnostic criteria for autism, comprising multiple potential neural mechanisms. Autism studies have suggested various differences in socially relevant brain networks for e.g., face processing, mentalizing, and social reward. This study aimed to stratify the BAP into more specific constructs relevant for social function, in line with the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC). We recruited 148 adults with a broad range of autistic traits to a behavioral study combining face perception tasks and self-report measures. We measured the classical BAP through the Comprehensive Autistic Traits Inventory and quantified the RDoC-style constructs of social anhedonia (SA), mentalizing, prosopagnosic traits (face blindness) and lower-level face matching performance. We found that social anhedonic and prosopagnosic traits strongly and independently predicted socio-communicative BAP traits, suggesting roles for reward systems as well as face processing networks in autistic social function. Objectively measured face matching sensitivity was also negatively correlated with the BAP, but the effect size was smaller in comparison to prosopagnosic traits which also depend on face memory. Mentalizing (attributing mental states to images of eyes) showed specific correlations with low-level face perception and self-reported prosopagnosic traits, but not with the BAP. This study supports prosopagnosic and anhedonic traits as relevant constructs for future studies on neural mechanisms of social difficulties in autism.

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Use of the Oxford face matching test reveals an effect of ageing on face perception but not face memory

Cited by 9 publications

References 56 publications

Contributions of face processing, social anhedonia and mentalizing to the expression of social autistic-like traits

Contributions of face processing, social anhedonia and mentalizing to the expression of social autistic-like traits

The Oxford Face Matching Test: Short-form alternative

Contributions of face processing, social anhedonia and mentalizing to the expression of social autistic-like traits

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