Rotshtein, P.;
Geng, J.J.;
Driver, J.;
Dolan, R.J.;
(2007)
Role of features and second-order spatial relations in face discrimination, face recognition, and individual face skills: behavioral and functional magnetic resonance imaging data.
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
, 19
(9)
pp. 1435-1452.
10.1162/jocn.2007.19.9.1435.
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Abstract
We compared the contribution of featural information and second-order spatial-relations (spacing between features) in face processing. A fully factorial design had 'features' (eyes, mouth, nose) the same or different across two successive displays, while orthogonally the second-order 'spatial-relations' between those features were the same or different. The range of such changes matched the possibilities within the population of natural face-images. Behaviorally we found that judging whether two successive faces depicted the same person was dominated by features, though second-order spatial-relations also contributed. This influence of spatial-relations correlated, for individual subjects, with their skill at recognition of faces (as famous, or as previously exposed) in separate behavioral tests. Using the same repetition-design in fMRI, we found feature-dependent effects in lateral occipital and right fusiform regions; plus spatial-relation effects in bilateral inferior occipital gyrus and right fusiform that correlated with individual differences in (separately measured) ibehavioral sensitivity to those changes. The results suggest that featural and second-order spatial-relation aspects of faces make distinct contributions to behavioral discrimination and recognition, with features contributing most to face discrimination and spatial-relational aspects correlating best with recognition skills. Distinct neural responses to these aspects were found with fMRI, particularly when individual skills were taken into account for the impact of spatial-relations.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Role of features and second-order spatial relations in face discrimination, face recognition, and individual face skills: behavioral and functional magnetic resonance imaging data |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1162/jocn.2007.19.9.1435 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/jocn.2007.19.9.1435 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2007 Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/5867 |
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