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ERIC Number: EJ515242
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0010-0277
Categorical Effects in the Perception of Faces.
Beale, James M.; Keil, Frank C.
Cognition, v57 n3 p217-39 Dec 1995
Two studies examined whether individual faces are perceived categorically. A linear continuum of "morphed" faces was generated between individual exemplars of familiar faces. Subjects, undergraduate students, discriminated most accurately when face-pairs straddled apparent category boundaries; thus individual faces are perceived categorically. Found high correlation between the familiarity of a face-pair and the magnitude of the categorization effect. (HTH)
Descriptors: Classification, College Students, Visual Discrimination, Visual Perception
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Categorical Perception; Facial Characteristics; Facial Perception; Facial Recognition