Few findings in cognitive science have proved as influential as the composite face effect.
When the top half of one face is aligned with the bottom half of another, and presented …

Composite faces combine the top half of one face with the bottom half of another to create a
compelling illusion of a new face. Evidence for holistic processing with composite faces …

People tend to perceive identical top halves (ie above the nose) of two face stimuli as being
different when they are aligned with distinct bottom halves. This composite face illusion is …

Two identical top halves of a face are perceived as being different when their bottom halves
belong to different faces, showing that the parts of a face cannot be perceived independently …

Composite faces fuse the top half of one face with the bottom half of another. These stimuli
inflict a strong illusion of a novel face on their viewers, and are often considered to be …

When the bottom halves of two faces differ, people's behavioral judgment of the identical top
halves of those faces is impaired: they report that the top halves are different, and/or take …

Composite stimuli are whole faces comprised of two halves taken from different individuals.
When asked to decide if two identical top halves are the 'same', subjects are more accurate …

We used the composite-face illusion and Navon stimuli to determine the consequences of
priming local or global processing on subsequent face recognition. The composite-face …

The absence of the face composite effect (FCE) for inverted faces is often considered
evidence that holistic processing operates only on upright faces. However, such absence …

It is well known that the integration of facial features into a holistic representation is
dramatically disrupted by picture-plane inversion. To investigate the nature of this …