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Recognition is the ability to perceive the physical characteristics of objects (including faces and non-face objects) and categorize these characteristics into classes (e.g., size, shape, color), in order to apply a semantic label to the object (e.g., “coffee cup”) or identify the face (e.g., “Jim from the office”). Show
IntroductionHuman vision evolved to support two distinct mechanisms: recognition of objects and visual guidance of movement. As such, visual processing is instantiated in the brain by way of two distinct visual pathways that both originate in primary visual cortex (V1) and project to the temporal (ventral stream) or parietal (dorsal stream) cortex (Kravitz et al. 2013). The distinction between these two pathways has been demonstrated in case studies, showing that patients with lesions in the ventral stream nevertheless demonstrate the ability to appropriately reach and grasp... This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution. Buying optionsChapter EUR 29.95 Price includes VAT (Singapore)
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Rights and permissionsReprints and Permissions Copyright information© 2021 Springer Nature Switzerland AG About this entryCite this entryGriffin, J.W., Motta-Mena, N.V. (2021). Face and Object Recognition. In: Shackelford, T.K., Weekes-Shackelford, V.A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19650-3_2762 What part of the brain is responsible for face processing?The ability to recognize faces is so important in humans that the brain appears to have an area solely devoted to the task: the fusiform gyrus. Brain imaging studies consistently find that this region of the temporal lobe becomes active when people look at faces.
What is face processing in psychology?The face module appears to process images differently from the general object system: Face processing is holistic, in the sense that we cannot process individual face parts without being influenced by the whole face. We suggest that this difference arises early in the face module.
What factors affect facial recognition?Factors Affecting Face Recognition Performance. Face direction. The face looks directly at the camera, and is not overly rotated.. Face size. The face forms a large proportion of the image.. Facial features. Facial expression, facial hair, and presence of spectacles match the training image as closely as possible.. How does face perception develop?One of the most widely accepted theories of face perception argues that understanding faces involves several stages: from basic perceptual manipulations on the sensory information to derive details about the person (such as age, gender or attractiveness), to being able to recall meaningful details such as their name ...
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