Few concepts are more central to the study of face recognition than holistic processing.
Progress toward understanding holistic processing is challenging because the term “holistic” …

Some theories of holistic face processing propose that parts in faces (eyes, nose, mouth,
etc.) are not explicitly represented. So far, the empirical evidence has shown that whole-to …

In two behavioral experiments involving lateralized stimulus presentation, we tested whether
one of the most commonly used measures of holistic face processing—the composite face …

Efforts to understand individual differences in high-level vision necessitate the development
of measures that have sufficient reliability, which is generally not a concern in group studies …

The composite paradigm is widely used to quantify holistic processing (HP) of faces, but
there is debate regarding the appropriate design (partial vs. complete) and measures in this …

In three experiments, we investigated whether holistic processing underlies gender
judgments about faces. Chinese participants were asked to make gender judgments for …

Several studies have shown that face identification accuracy is lower in older than younger
adults. This effect of aging might be due to age differences in holistic processing, which is …

Since the days of Galton (1879), psychologists have been aware that a face is not identified
by the recognition of its isolated, individual features, but by the integration of these features …

The specialness of faces is seen in the face inversion effect, which disrupts the configural,
but not the analytic, processing of faces. Mooney faces, which are processed holistically …

Face recognition is thought to rely on specific mechanisms underlying a perceptual bias
toward processing faces as undecomposable wholes. This face-specific “holistic processing” …