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Cognitive process of visually interpreting the human face
Facial perception is an individual's understanding and interpretation of the face. Here, perception implies the presence of consciousness and hence excludes automated facial recognition systems. Although facial recognition is found in other species, this article focuses on facial perception in humans. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Face perceptionA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Augmented tactile-perception and haptic-feedback rings as human-machine interfaces aiming for immersive interactionsInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The Mind's EyeThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: The Fusiform Face Area: A Module in Human Extrastriate Cortex Specialized for Face PerceptionCited 6,418 times
- Go sideways: Fusiform face areaA closely related topic
- Go sideways: ProsopagnosiaA closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
The Fusiform Face Area: A Module in Human Extrastriate Cortex Specialized for Face Perception
The distributed human neural system for face perception
Redox Homeostasis and Antioxidant Signaling: A Metabolic Interface between Stress Perception and Physiological Responses
Electrophysiological Studies of Face Perception in Humans
🆕 Influential since 2022
Augmented tactile-perception and haptic-feedback rings as human-machine interfaces aiming for immersive interactions
Face masks disrupt holistic processing and face perception in school-age children
Face perception: computational insights from phylogeny
How Does a Face Mask Impact Speech Perception?
Individuals with developmental prosopagnosia show independent impairments in face perception, face memory and face matching
📚 Books worth reading
The Mind's EyeOliver Sacks · 2010- 📕Recognising facesVicki Bruce · 1988
Bone GapLaura Ruby · 2015
The Cognitive Psychology of Proper NamesSerge Bredart · 1996
Face perceptionVicki Bruce · 2012
Face RecognitionJames Tanaka · 2015
Computational, Geometric, And Process Perspectives On Facial CognitionMichael J. Wenger, James T. Townsend · 2005
3D Face Modeling, Analysis and RecognitionMohamed Daoudi, Anuj Srivastava · 2013
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🔗 Related topics
- Fusiform face area The fusiform face area (FFA, meaning spindle-shaped face area) is a part of the human visual system (while also activated in people blind from birth) that…
- Prosopagnosia Prosopagnosia, also known as face blindness, is a cognitive disorder of face perception in which the ability to recognize familiar faces, including one's…
- Occipital face area The occipital face area (OFA) is a region of the human cerebral cortex which is specialised for face perception. The OFA is located on the lateral surface…
- Fusiform gyrus The fusiform gyrus, also known as the lateral occipitotemporal gyrus, is part of the temporal lobe and occipital lobe in Brodmann area 37. The fusiform…
- Inferior temporal gyrus The inferior temporal gyrus is one of three gyri of the temporal lobe and is located below the middle temporal gyrus, connected behind with the inferior…
- Eye contact effect The eye-contact effect is a psychological phenomenon in human selective attention and cognition. It is the effect that the perception of eye contact with…
- Greeble (psychology) The Greebles are artificial objects designed to be used as stimuli in psychological studies of object and face recognition. They were named by the American…
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