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Mental representations of familiar faces

2011; Wiley; Volume: 102; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.2044-8295.2011.02039.x

2044-8295

A. Mike Burton, Rob Jenkins, Stefan R. Schweinberger,

Multisensory perception and integration

The Bruce and Young (1986) framework makes a number of important distinctions between the types of representation needed to recognize a familiar face. Here, we return to these, focussing particularly on face recognition units. We argue that such representations need to incorporate idiosyncratic within‐person variability, asking questions such as ‘What counts as a picture of Harrison Ford?’. We describe a mechanism for achieving this, and discuss the relation between image variability and episodic face memories, in the context of behavioural and neurophysiological data.