The effect of facial familiarity on change detection ability in a 'flicker task'
Authors
Cataluna, Michael
Robinson, Brooke
Date
5/3/2018
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en_US
Keywords
change detection , cognition , Student Showcase of Research & Engagement 2018
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Abstract
Student Showcase of Research & Engagement 2018
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Evidence from a previously conducted study regarding change blindness appears to show that changes are more accurately detected in gradually changed images if those image contain a famous face as opposed to ones with a novel face. The current study seeks to expand upon this finding using a ‘flicker change detection task' and recording the accuracy and reaction times of subjects in detecting changes in faces or the colors of objects while either a famous or novel face is present. It is expected that detection of both faces and object colors will show a shorter reaction time when a famous face is the subject of an image.
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Plymouth State University