Computational, geometric, and process perspectives on facial cognition : contexts and challenges / edited by Michael J. Wenger, James T. Townsend.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wenger, Michael J.

Townsend, James T.

Series:

Scientific psychology series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Face perception--Congresses.

Face perception.

Face perception--Computer simulation--Congresses.

Face perception--Mathematical models--Congresses.

Face perception--Mathematical models.

Face perception--Computer simulation.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

ix, 514 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2001.

Summary:

Within the last three decades, interest in the psychological experience of human faces has drawn together cognitive science researchers from diverse backgrounds. Computer scientists talk to neural scientists who draw on the work of mathematicians who explicitly influence those conducting behavioral experiments. The chapters in this volume illustrate the breadth of the research on facial perception and memory, with the emphasis being on mathematical and computational approaches. In pulling together these chapters, the editors sought to do much more than illustrate breadth. They endeavored as well to illustrate the synergies and tensions that inevitably result from adopting a broad view, one consistent with the emerging discipline of cognitive science.

Contents:

1 Quantitative Models of Perceiving and Remembering Faces: Precedents and Possibilities / Alice J. O'Toole, Michael J. Wenger, James T. Townsend 1

2 The Perfect Gestalt: Infinite Dimensional Riemannian Face Spaces and Other Aspects of Face Perception / James T. Townsend, Bruce Solomon, Jesse Spencer Smith 39

3 Face-Space Models of Face Recognition / Tim Valentine 83

4 Predicting Similarity Ratings to Faces Using Physical Descriptions / Mark Steyvers, Thomas A. Busey 115

5 Formal Models of Familiarity and Memorability in Face Recognition / Thomas A. Busey 147

6 Characterizing Perceptual Interactions in Face Identification Using Multidimensional Signal Detection Theory / Robin D. Thomas 193

7 Faces as Gestalt Stimuli: Process Characteristics / Michael J. Wenger, James T. Townsend 229

8 Face Perception: An Information Processing Perspective / Christopher S. Campbell, Gudrun Schwarzer, Dominic W. Massaro 285

9 Is All Face Processing Holistic? The View From UCSD / Garrison W. Cottrell, Matthew N. Dailey, Curtis Padgett, Ralph Adolphs 347

10 Viewpoint Generalization in Face Recognition: The Role of Category-Specific Processes / Shimon Edelman, Alice J. O'Toole 397

11 2D or Not 2D? That Is the Question: What Can We Learn From Computational Models Operating on Two-Dimensional Representations of Faces? / Dominique Valentin, Herve Adbi, Betty Edelman, Mette Posamentier 429

12 Are Reductive (Explanatory) Theories of Face Identification Possible? Some Speculations and Some Findings / William R. Uttal 467.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0805832343

OCLC:

44613051