Case of Keith (geon =

Unilateral 'geometrical icon')

neglect Case of
Case of Arthur
W.J. Prosopagnosia Bar codes Geon theory [Biederman, 1987]
Capgras' delusion/
syndrome ('recognition-by-components'
(delusional mis- model)
Disorders identification Template-
of face processing matching hypothesis

Faces = greater than the sum Prototype theories

Serial
of their parts (i.e. 'configural') processing

= the process by which we assign

Part of face perception meaning to visual input, by identifying
the objects in the visual field
Upright and inverted [Eysenck, 1993]
faces are processed Face PATTERN Theories of Feature-detection
differently recognition RECOGNITION PR theories
(PR)
visual
e.g. Thatcher illusion scanning

..
[Thompson, 1980] tasks
Face-specific
Simple
.
cells in
Face recognition Parallel infero-temporal Complex
Models of and the brain processing monkey cortex Hypercomplex
face recognition [Ono et al., 1993] cortical cells
[Selfridge, [Hubel & Wiesel, 1968]
1959] Pandemonium model

[Young Model of functional Revised Functional model [Bruce &

Young, .. image demons
et al.,
1985]
components in person
identification
for face recognition 1986]
orienting
response
.. feature demons
cognitive demons
decision demons
Cells responsive to
specific aspects of
Recognition Stages of person temporal human face/set of features
units identification put into lobe crucial [Perrett]
broader context of their for face
relationship with the recognition prepare us for
Diary study of other uses made of facial ('what pathway') what is likely
everyday failures information to happen top-down/conceptually-driven
in person processing
Person vs.
identification identity nodes influence bottom-up/data-driven
(PINs) amygdala of context/ processing
several processing (helps generate expectation
'modules' linked in emotional responses)
sequence/in parallel to particular faces

e.g. face recognition

units/FRUs tip-of-the-tongue
(TOT) phenomenon
[e.g. Brennan et al., 1990]