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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Visual Perception
  • Human Face Recognition

Background:

  • Direct comparison of similar faces can improve discrimination between them.
  • It is unclear if this comparison effect generalizes to identifying novel faces.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if comparing a target face to similar faces enhances its subsequent identification from novel stimuli.
  • To determine if face comparison training offers a practical method for improving general face identification abilities.

Main Methods:

  • Three experiments were conducted exposing participants to target faces with same-sex or different-sex comparators (similar or dissimilar).
  • Performance was assessed by the ability to select the target face from an array of novel foils.
  • Exposure conditions included intermixed exposure, repeated target exposure, and comparison with similar or dissimilar faces.

Main Results:

  • Exposure to a target face with similar or dissimilar comparators did not improve target selection from novel foils compared to repeated target exposure alone.
  • All repeated exposure conditions outperformed single brief presentations of the target face.
  • Increasing the number of comparators did not enhance identification performance.

Conclusions:

  • The facilitatory effect of face comparison appears limited to discriminating between directly compared stimuli.
  • The study does not support the use of face comparison as a practical strategy for improving general face identification.
  • Current findings suggest comparison training does not yield broad improvements in face recognition accuracy.