The concept of holistic processing is a cornerstone of face-recognition research. In the study
reported here, we demonstrated that holistic processing predicts face-recognition abilities on …

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” …

The concept of holistic processing is a cornerstone of face recognition research, yet central
questions related to holistic processing remain unanswered, and debates have thus far …

Previous work found a small but significant relationship between holistic processing
measured with the composite task and face recognition ability measured by the Cambridge …

Although holistic processing is thought to underlie normal face recognition ability, widely
discrepant reports have recently emerged about this link in an individual differences context …

The current study tested the widespread assumption that holistic processing is important for
the identification of upright faces. In two experiments, we show that (a) there are large …

Why do some people recognize faces easily and others frequently make mistakes in
recognizing faces? Classic behavioral work has shown that faces are processed in a …

A large body of research supports the hypothesis that the human visual system does not
process a face as a collection of separable facial features but as an integrated perceptual …

When we see the face of a familiar friend or colleague, there is a flash of recognition that
occurs instantaneously and without conscious effort. Introspectively, speeded recognition of …

Researchers have used several composite face paradigms to assess holistic processing of
faces. In the selective attention paradigm, participants decide whether one face part (eg, top) …