Recognition Memory Transfer Between Spatial-Frequency Analyzed Faces

Abstract

The visual information that comprises a face is changing constantly. Faces age, features are altered with expression, eye-glasses are put on, and view-point and distance change almost moment to moment. Despite the variety of visual input connected with any single face, we are nearly always able to recognize faces we have seen before. In the study reported here we are interested in recognition of faces that have been spatially transformed. The specific question addressed in this paper relates to the information people use to recognize faces that are observed and tested under different spatial frequency presentations.