The ability to recognize an individual face is essential to human social interaction. Even
subtle errors in this process can have huge implications for the way we relate to social …

Research on predominantly male autistic samples has indicated that impairments in facial
emotion recognition typically associated with autism spectrum conditions are instead due to …

Faces are a rich source of information about the people around us. Identity, state of mind,
emotions, intentions, age, gender, ethnic background, attractiveness and a host of other …

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a challenging neurodevelopmental disorder with
symptoms in social, language, sensory, motor, cognitive, emotional, repetitive behavior, and …

Unpredictability in robot behaviour can cause difficulties in interacting with robots. However,
for social interactions with robots, a degree of unpredictability in robot behaviour may be …

Matching identity in images of unfamiliar faces is difficult: Images of the same person can
look different and images of different people can look similar. Recent studies have …

We used highly variable, so-called 'ambient'images to test whether expressions affect the
identity recognition of real-world facial images. Using movie segments of two actors …

Ensemble coding–the rapid extraction of a perceptual average–has been proposed as a
potential mechanism underlying face learning. We tested this proposal across five pre …

Recent research has emphasized the importance of using images that incorporate natural
variability in appearance (ie, ambient images) to assess face learning and recognition …

Holistic processing is commonly measured by the face inversion effect (FIE) and the
composite face effect (CFE). Previous studies examining whether individuals with autism …