Recognition Memory for Faces and Scenes

Sato, Wataru; Yoshikawa, Sakiko

doi:10.1080/00221309.2012.710275

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“…This is noteworthy as the set size of faces was substantially larger than for odors and that odors were perceived as more familiar than the faces. This outcome concurs with the notion of an exceptional human ability to recognize faces ( Yin 1969 ; Sato and Yoshikawa 2013 ). In congruence with a large body of evidence, recognition memory ( d ′) was better for high familiar than low familiar stimuli.…”

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Long-Term Memory for Odors: Influences of Familiarity and Identification Across 64 Days

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Few studies have investigated long-term odor recognition memory, although some early observations suggested that the forgetting rate of olfactory representations is slower than for other sensory modalities. This study investigated recognition memory across 64 days for high and low familiar odors and faces. Memory was assessed in 83 young participants at 4 occasions; immediate, 4, 16, and 64 days after encoding. The results indicated significant forgetting for odors and faces across the 64 days. The forgetting functions for the 2 modalities were not fundamentally different. Moreover, high familiar odors and faces were better remembered than low familiar ones, indicating an important role of semantic knowledge on recognition proficiency for both modalities. Although odor recognition was significantly better than chance at the 64 days testing, memory for the low familiar odors was relatively poor. Also, the results indicated that odor identification consistency across sessions, irrespective of accuracy, was positively related to successful recognition.

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“…Faces have been described as a unique class of stimuli ( Ellis 1975 ) and research has indicated that face memory is superior to many other visual stimulus materials ( Sato and Yoshikawa 2013 ). Although odors and faces evidently are 2 fundamentally different stimulus types, they share some common features.…”

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“…Behavioral researchers have pointed out that faces are unique among visual objects because they are socially relevant and contain multifaceted information, including cues pertaining to emotional content or one's identity [Bruce and Young, 1986;Ekman and Friesen, 1975]. Behavioral studies empirically confirmed that faces are perceived more rapidly [Hershler and Hochstein, 2005;Landau and Bentin, 2008;Purcell and Stewart, 1986;Ro et al, 2001;Tottenham et al, 2006] and memorized more accurately [Sato and Yoshikawa, 2013;Yin, 1969Yin, , 1970] than other objects. The studies also showed that multifaceted information in faces is processed in an integrative manner that supports such efficient/ robust face processing [Calder et al, 2000;McKelvie, 1995;Milders et al, 2006;€ Ohman et al, 2001;Sato and Yoshikawa, 2010].…”

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Bidirectional electric communication between the inferior occipital gyrus and the amygdala during face processing

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Faces contain multifaceted information that is important for human communication. Neuroimaging studies have revealed face-specific activation in multiple brain regions, including the inferior occipital gyrus (IOG) and amygdala; it is often assumed that these regions constitute the neural network responsible for the processing of faces. However, it remains unknown whether and how these brain regions transmit information during face processing. This study investigated these questions by applying dynamic causal modeling of induced responses to human intracranial electroencephalography data recorded from the IOG and amygdala during the observation of faces, mosaics, and houses in upright and inverted orientations. Model comparisons assessing the experimental effects of upright faces versus upright houses and upright faces versus upright mosaics consistently indicated that the model having face-specific bidirectional modulatory effects between the IOG and amygdala was the most probable. The experimental effect between upright versus inverted faces also favored the model with bidirectional modulatory effects between the IOG and amygdala. The spectral profiles of modulatory effects revealed both same-frequency (e.g., gamma-gamma) and cross-frequency (e.g., theta-gamma) couplings. These results suggest that the IOG and amygdala communicate rapidly with each other using various types of oscillations for the efficient processing of faces. Hum Brain Mapp 38:4511-4524, 2017. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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“…Minutes after birth human neonates preferentially orient toward schematic faces (Morton & Johnson, 1991;Pascalis & Kelly, 2009) and by adulthood humans show a remarkable aptitude for memorizing, attending to, and recognizing faces (Bruce & Young, 1986;Coin & Tiberghien, 1997;Sato & Yoshikawa, 2013;Theeuwes & Van der Stigchel, 2006). Adults also spontaneously ascribe traits to faces within a matter of milliseconds (Willis & Todorov, 2006) and research suggests that these rapid judgments correlate with actual personality (e.g., Penton-Voak, Pound, Little, & Perrett, 2006).…”

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The Chicago face database: A free stimulus set of faces and norming data

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Researchers studying a range of psychological phenomena (e.g., theory of mind, emotion, stereotyping and prejudice, interpersonal attraction, etc.) sometimes employ photographs of people as stimuli. In this paper, we introduce the Chicago Face Database, a free resource consisting of 158 high-resolution, standardized photographs of Black and White males and females between the ages of 18 and 40 years and extensive data about these targets. In Study 1, we report pretesting of these faces, which includes both subjective norming data and objective physical measurements of the images included in the database. In Study 2 we surveyed psychology researchers to assess the suitability of these targets for research purposes and explored factors that were associated with researchers' judgments of suitability. Instructions are outlined for those interested in obtaining access to the stimulus set and accompanying ratings and measures.

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Recognition Memory for Faces and Scenes

Cited by 24 publications

References 38 publications

Long-Term Memory for Odors: Influences of Familiarity and Identification Across 64 Days

Long-Term Memory for Odors: Influences of Familiarity and Identification Across 64 Days

Bidirectional electric communication between the inferior occipital gyrus and the amygdala during face processing

The Chicago face database: A free stimulus set of faces and norming data

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