Recognising Familiar Faces Out of Context

Abstract

Expertise in familiar face recognition has been well-documented in several studies. Here, we examined the role of context using a surprise lecturer recognition test. Across two experiments, we found few students recognised their lecturer when they were unexpected, but accuracy was higher when the lecturer was preceded by a prompt. Our findings suggest that familiar face recognition can be poor in unexpected contexts.

Citation

(2021). Recognising Familiar Faces Out of Context. Perception, 174 - 177. https://doi.org/10.1177/0301006620984326

• Acceptance Date: Dec 5, 2020
• Publication Date: Jan 17, 2021
• Journal: Perception
• Print ISSN: 0301-0066
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Pages: 174 - 177
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0301006620984326
• Keywords: face perception, familiar faces, personal familiarity, context
• Publisher URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0301006620984326