3D faces are recognized more accurately and faster than 2D faces, but with similar inversion effects

• Main Authors: Eng, Derric Zeng Hong, Yick, Yee Ying, Guo, Yulan, Xu, Hong, Reiner, Miriam, Cham, Tat-Jen, Chen, Annabel Shen-Hsing
• Other Authors: School of Computer Science and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Social sciences::Psychology::Consciousness and cognition; Face Recognition; Holistic Processing
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/138218
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Recognition of faces typically occurs via holistic processing where individual features are combined to provide an overall facial representation. However, when faces are inverted, there is greater reliance on featural processing where faces are recognized based on their individual features. These fi...