Face Perception: A Review of Experiments with Infants, Normal Adults, and Brain-Injured Persons,

Abstract

Two observations about human behavior suggest that the human face may be a special visual object. First, the average person can discriminate and remember hundreds of faces in spite of the fact that faces are highly similar objects. Second, the average person uses the face as a source of a great amount of information about other individuals. Identification is but one aspect of this information; faces also serve as the basis for inferences about character and personality, mood, and the specific feelings being expressed by another person.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA010962

Entities

People

  • R. K. Yin

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Behavior And Behavior Mechanisms
  • Human Behavior
  • Identification
  • Observation
  • Perception
  • Personality

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Computer Vision.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML