Accession Number:

ADA010962

Title:

Face Perception: A Review of Experiments with Infants, Normal Adults, and Brain-Injured Persons,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• Yin,R. K.

Report Date:

1975-02-01

Pagination or Media Count:

32.0

Abstract:

Two observations about human behavior suggest that the human face may be a special visual object. First, the average person can discriminate and remember hundreds of faces in spite of the fact that faces are highly similar objects. Second, the average person uses the face as a source of a great amount of information about other individuals. Identification is but one aspect of this information faces also serve as the basis for inferences about character and personality, mood, and the specific feelings being expressed by another person.

Descriptors:

• *VISUAL PERCEPTION
• *BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
• *FACE(ANATOMY)
• EXPERIMENTAL DATA
• ATTITUDES(PSYCHOLOGY)
• RELIABILITY
• ASSOCIATIVE PROCESSING
• RECOGNITION
• CORRELATION TECHNIQUES
• PERSONALITY
• ADULTS
• INFANTS
• MENTAL DISORDERS

Subject Categories:

• Psychology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE