Mike Burton, A. orcid.org/0000-0002-2035-2084 (2013) Why has research in face recognition progressed so slowly? The importance of variability. Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006). pp. 1467-1485. ISSN 1747-0226
Abstract
Despite many years of research, there has been surprisingly little progress in our understanding of how faces are identified. Here I argue that there are two contributory factors: (a) Our methods have obscured a critical aspect of the problem, within-person variability; and (b) research has tended to conflate familiar and unfamiliar face processing. Examples of procedures for studying variability are given, and a case is made for studying real faces, of the type people recognize every day. I argue that face recognition (specifically identification) may only be understood by adopting new techniques that acknowledge statistical patterns in the visual environment. As a consequence, some of our current methods will need to be abandoned.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2013, The Experimental Psychology Society. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details. |
Keywords: | Face recognition,Identity,Variability |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Psychology (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 22 Feb 2016 10:38 |
Last Modified: | 07 Jan 2025 00:07 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2013.800125 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/17470218.2013.800125 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:83496 |