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 …

Introduction 3. How is a face perceived? 3.1. Cue saliency and the analytical view of face
perception 3.2. Holistic/configural face perception 4. How is a face not (well) perceived? The …

In nearly every interpersonal encounter, people readily gather socio-visual cues to guide
their behavior. Intriguingly, social information is most effective in directing behavior when it is …

Spatially caricatured faces were recently shown to benefit face learning (Schulz et al.,
2012a). Moreover, spatial information may be particularly important for encoding unfamiliar …

In the early stages of image analysis, visual cortex represents scenes as spatially organized
maps of locally defined features (eg, edge orientation). As image reconstruction unfolds and …

Although the wide neural network and specific processes related to faces have been
revealed, the process by which face‐processing ability develops remains unclear. An …

In an increasingly aging society, age has become a foundational dimension of social
grouping broadly targeted by advertising and governmental policies. However, perception of …

Many influential models of face recognition postulate specialized expert processes that are
engaged when viewing upright, own-race faces, as opposed to a general-purpose …

The current study tested fine discrimination of upright and inverted faces and objects in
adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) as compared to age-and IQ-matched …

There remains ongoing debate regarding the mechanisms that give rise to rapid and
accurate face recognition. We review findings from studies that examine face perception in …