Face Feature Change Detection Ability in Developmental Prosopagnosia and Super-Recognisers

Davies-Thompson, Jodie; Morgan, Dan; Davis, Josh P; Towler, John

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Face Feature Change Detection Ability in Developmental Prosopagnosia and Super-Recognisers

Jodie Davies-Thompson

, Dan Morgan, Josh P Davis

, John Towler

Brain Sciences, Volume: 14, Issue: 6, Start page: 561

Swansea University Authors: Jodie Davies-Thompson , Dan Morgan, John Towler

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In non-clinical populations, facial features (eyes, nose, mouth) may vary in their contribution to face identity perception. Changes to whole faces are easier to detect than changes to individual features, and eye changes being able to detect than mouth changes which in turn are easier to detect tha...

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Face Feature Change Detection Ability in Developmental Prosopagnosia and Super-Recognisers

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