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Direct linkBurton, A. Mike; Jenkins, Rob; Hancock, Peter J. B.; White, David – Cognitive Psychology, 2005
We are able to recognise familiar faces easily across large variations in image quality, though our ability to match unfamiliar faces is strikingly poor. Here we ask how the representation of a face changes as we become familiar with it. We use a simple image-averaging technique to derive abstract representations of known faces. Using Principal…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Recognition (Psychology), Familiarity, Computer Simulation
