#4094. Different measures of holistic face processing tap into distinct but partially overlapping mechanisms

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Language and Linguistics;
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Experimental and Cognitive Psychology;
Sensory Systems;
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Abstract:
Holistic processing, which includes the integration of facial features and analysis of their relations to one another, is a hallmark of what makes faces ‘special’. This has led researchers to question the nature and structure of the mechanism(s) underlying holistic processing. In keeping with this, we examined relationships between four commonly used measures of holistic face processing in a large group of participants (N = 223): (1) The Face Inversion Effect, (2) the Part Whole Effect (PWE), (3) the Composite Face Effect, and (4) the Configural Featural Detection Task (CFDT). The four indexes of holistic processing derived from each measure loaded onto two factors, one encompassing the PWE and the CFDT, and one encompassing the CE. These results, together with those of other studies, suggest that holistic processing is a multifaceted construct and that different measures tap into distinct but partially overlapping elements of it.
Keywords:
Configural processing; Face recognition; Featural processing; Holistic processing; Individual difference scores

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