Normal recognition of famous voices in developmental prosopagnosia

Tsantani, Maria; Cook, Richard

doi:10.1038/s41598-020-76819-3

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“…Associations are typically quite small (r ranging from .24 to .41) , 102 and so cross-modal mechanisms do not seem to underpin all voice recognition. The relatively weak association between face and voice recognition is further supported by the report of individuals with developmental prosopagnosia but intact familiar voice recognition 104 .…”

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“…Another challenge to the use of holistic representations as an explanation for differences in face processing is that a person's ability to perform face perception tasks from whole images is highly correlated with their ability to recognise isolated face features 131 . Some individuals with developmental prosopagnosia have equivalent impairment on face recognition from isolated features and from whole faces 104 , and a hallmark of super-recognisers is their ability to identify faces from relatively limited local face information 132,133 . Furthermore, recognition is less impacted by distortions that change the spatial layout of facial features in high compared to low performers within the typical range 134 , and those at the top of the typical range are less sensitive to changes in global shape of a face 135,136 .…”

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Individual differences and the multidimensional nature of face perception

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Burton

2022

Nat Rev Psychol

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Face perception is critical to social interactions, yet people vary in how easily they can recognise their friends, verify an identification document, or notice someone's smile. There are widespread differences in people's abilities to recognise faces and research has particularly focused on exceptionally good or poor recognition performance. In this Review, we synthesise literature on individual differences in face processing across different tasks including identification and estimates of emotional state and social attributes. The individual differences approach has considerable untapped potential for theoretical progress in understanding the perceptual and cognitive organisation of face processing. This approach also has practical consequencesfor example, in determining who is best suited to check passports. We also discuss the underlying structural and anatomical predictors of face perception ability. Furthermore, we highlight problems of measurement that pose challenges for the effective study of individual differences. Finally, we note that research in individual differences rarely addresses perception of familiar faces. Despite people's everyday experience of being ‗good' or ‗bad' with faces, a theory of how people recognise their friends remains elusive. [H1] IntroductionFaces provide many types of information. Using faces, people can recognise others they know and also quite accurately estimate the age, gender or health of strangers and friends. Faces can also be used to judge transient states, for example someone's mood, focus of attention, or speech patterns. The multiple sources of information available in a face are critical for social behaviour, enabling people to identify someone as family, friend or colleague, and to decide whether they should speak to, hug, or stay away from them. These decisions are made quickly and easily, often without reflection. However, these remarkable abilities in face processing are not distributed equally across people.Widespread differences in face perception between individuals have become an important research focus for three reasons. First, everyday experience suggests that some people are better at face perception than others, and some people have strong beliefs about whether they are ‗good with faces'.Second, given the wide variety of information available in a face, much theoretical work focuses on whether the processes underlying different perceptual decisions are independent1 1 . Individual differences techniques are well-suited to addressing these questions in both face processing 2,3 , and other areas of cognition research 4,5 . Third, face processing research has a good track record of using converging evidence to build theory 6-8 . Individual differences methodology can be recruited alongside evidence from experimental psychology, neuroscience, neuropsychology and computational modelling to make significant progress in the field.Research on individual differences in face processing has tended to focus on identity processing.Tests have been designed that mea...

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Individual differences and the multidimensional nature of face perception

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Burton

2022

Nat Rev Psychol

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“…Participants were tested on an online experiment platform (Gorilla Experiment Builder) 3 (Anwyl-Irvine et al, 2020;Tsantani and Cook, 2020;Jasmin et al, 2021). They were asked to sit comfortably in a quiet environment and wear headphones.…”

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Musicianship Influences Language Effect on Musical Pitch Perception

Choi

2021

Front. Psychol.

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Given its practical implications, the effect of musicianship on language learning has been vastly researched. Interestingly, growing evidence also suggests that language experience can facilitate music perception. However, the precise nature of this facilitation is not fully understood. To address this research gap, I investigated the interactive effect of language and musicianship on musical pitch and rhythmic perception. Cantonese and English listeners, each divided into musician and non-musician groups, completed the Musical Ear Test and the Raven’s 2 Progressive Matrices. Essentially, an interactive effect of language and musicianship was found on musical pitch but not rhythmic perception. Consistent with previous studies, Cantonese language experience appeared to facilitate musical pitch perception. However, this facilitatory effect was only present among the non-musicians. Among the musicians, Cantonese language experience did not offer any perceptual advantage. The above findings reflect that musicianship influences the effect of language on musical pitch perception. Together with the previous findings, the new findings offer two theoretical implications for the OPERA hypothesis—bi-directionality and mechanisms through which language experience and musicianship interact in different domains.

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“…DP affects the identification of various face types suggesting that it is distinguishable from poor face recognition arising from a lack of experience with other-ethnicity faces [ 7 ]. Although DPs struggle to recognize individuals from facial cues, they show typical person identification from vocal cues [ 8 , 9 ]. Historically, the condition was thought to be rare [ 10 ].…”

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“…Since its publication, the PI20 has been used in numerous research studies (e.g. [7,8,[26][27][28][29][30][31]).…”

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The Twenty Item Prosopagnosia Index (PI20) provides meaningful evidence of face recognition impairment

2021

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The Twenty Item Prosopagnosia Index (PI20) is a self-report questionnaire used for quantifying prosopagnosic traits. This scale is intended to help researchers identify cases of developmental prosopagnosia by providing standardized self-report evidence to complement diagnostic evidence obtained from objective computer-based tasks. In order to respond appropriately to items, prosopagnosics must have some insight that their face recognition is well below average, while non-prosopagnosics need to understand that their relative face recognition ability falls within the typical range. There has been considerable debate about whether participants have the necessary insight into their face recognition abilities to respond appropriately. In the present study, we sought to determine whether the PI20 provides meaningful evidence of face recognition impairment. In keeping with the intended use of the instrument, we used PI20 scores to identify two groups: high-PI20 scorers (those with self-reported face recognition difficulties) and low-PI20 scorers (those with no self-reported face recognition difficulties). We found that participant groups distinguished on the basis of PI20 scores clearly differed in terms of their mean performance on objective measures of face recognition ability. We also found that high-PI20 scorers were more likely to achieve levels of face recognition accuracy associated with developmental prosopagnosia.

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Normal recognition of famous voices in developmental prosopagnosia

Cited by 13 publications

References 95 publications

Individual differences and the multidimensional nature of face perception

Individual differences and the multidimensional nature of face perception

Musicianship Influences Language Effect on Musical Pitch Perception

The Twenty Item Prosopagnosia Index (PI20) provides meaningful evidence of face recognition impairment

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