Face Recognition Is Affected by Similarity in Spatial Frequency Range to a Greater Degree Than Within-Category Object Recognition

Previous studies have suggested that face identification is more sensitive to variations in spatial frequency content than object recognition, but none have compared how sensitive the 2 processes are to variations in spatial frequency overlap (SFO). The authors tested face and object matching accura...

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Published in:Journal of experimental psychology. Human perception and performance 2004-10, Vol.30 (5), p.975-987
Main Authors: Collin, Charles A, Liu, Chang Hong, Troje, Nikolaus F, McMullen, Patricia A, Chaudhuri, Avi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Classification (Cognitive Process)
Cognition & reasoning
Contrast Sensitivity
Discrimination Learning
Face
Face Perception
Female
Field Dependence-Independence
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Generalization (Psychology)
Human
Humans
Male
Mental Recall
Object Recognition
Orientation
Pattern Recognition, Visual
Perception
Psychological Studies
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychophysics
Reaction Time
Recognition (Psychology)
Sensitivity
Set (Psychology)
Spatial Ability
Spatial Frequency
Stimulus Variability
Vision
Visual Discrimination
Visual Perception
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Summary:Previous studies have suggested that face identification is more sensitive to variations in spatial frequency content than object recognition, but none have compared how sensitive the 2 processes are to variations in spatial frequency overlap (SFO). The authors tested face and object matching accuracy under varying SFO conditions. Their results showed that object recognition was more robust to SFO variations than face recognition and that the vulnerability of faces was not due to reliance on configural processing. They suggest that variations in sensitivity to SFO help explain the vulnerability of face recognition to changes in image format and the lack of a middle-frequency advantage in object recognition.
ISSN:0096-1523
1939-1277
DOI:10.1037/0096-1523.30.5.975