Understanding face recognition with an interactive activation model
- 1 August 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in British Journal of Psychology
- Vol. 81 (3) , 361-380
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8295.1990.tb02367.x
Abstract
In this paper we describe how the microstructure of the Bruce & Young (1986) functional model of face recognition may be explored and extended using an interactive activation implementation. A simulation of the recognition of familiarity of individuals is developed which accounts for a range of published findings on the effects of semantic priming, repetition priming and distinctiveness. Finally, we offer some speculative predictions made by the model, and point to an empirical programme of research which it suggests.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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