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Lighting direction affects recognition of untextured faces in photographic positive and negative.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  10748933     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Face recognition in photographic positive and negative was examined in a same/different matching task in five lighting direction conditions using untextured 3-D laser-scanned faces. The lighting directions were +60, +30, 0, -30 and -60 degrees, where negative values represent bottom lighting and positive values represent top lighting. Recognition performance was better for faces in positive than in negative when lighting directions were at +60 degrees. In one experiment, the same effect was also found at +30 degrees. However, faces in negative were recognized better than positive when the direction was -60 degrees. There was no difference in recognition performance when the lighting direction was 0 and -30 degrees. These results confirm that the effect of lighting direction can be a determinant of the photographic negative effect. Positive faces, which normally appear to be top-lit, may be difficult to recognize in negative partly because of the accompanying change in apparent lighting direction to bottom-lit.
Authors:
C H Liu; C A Collin; A M Burton; A Chaudhuri
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Clinical Trial; Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Vision research     Volume:  39     ISSN:  0042-6989     ISO Abbreviation:  Vision Res.     Publication Date:  1999 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2000-04-12     Completed Date:  2000-04-12     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0417402     Medline TA:  Vision Res     Country:  ENGLAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  4003-9     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada. chang@psych.mcgill.ca
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Face*
Female
Humans
Lasers
Lighting / methods*
Male
Middle Aged
Pattern Recognition, Visual*
Photography*
Psychophysics
Reaction Time

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