| The entry point of face recognition: evidence for face expertise. | |
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PMID: 11561926 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Previous studies have shown that experts (e.g., birdwatchers) are as fast to recognize objects at subordinate levels of abstraction (e.g., robin) as they are to recognize the same object at the basic level (e.g., bird). As a test of face expertise, the current study found that adults identify faces more frequently (Experiment 1) and as quickly (Experiment 2) at the subordinate level (e.g., Bill Clinton) as at the basic level (e.g., human). Whereas brief presentation (75 ms) impaired subordinate-level recognition of nonface objects, it did not impair the subordinate level recognition of faces (Experiment 3). Finally, in an identity-matching task, subordinate-level primes facilitated the matching responses of faces but not nonface objects (Experiment 4). Collectively, these results indicate that face expertise, like expert object expertise, promotes a downward shift in recognition to more subordinate levels of abstraction. |
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Authors:
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J W Tanaka |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of experimental psychology. General Volume: 130 ISSN: 0096-3445 ISO Abbreviation: J Exp Psychol Gen Publication Date: 2001 Sep |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2001-09-19 Completed Date: 2002-02-04 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7502587 Medline TA: J Exp Psychol Gen Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 534-43 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Psychology, Oberlin College, Ohio 44074, USA. tanaka@cs.oberlin.edu |
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Adult Attention Discrimination Learning* Face Female Humans Male Mental Recall* Pattern Recognition, Visual* Practice (Psychology)* Psychophysics Reaction Time |
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