Lighting direction affects recognition of untextured faces in photographic positive and negative
Authors: Hong Liu, C., Collin, C.A., Burton, A.M. and Chaudhuri, A.
Journal: Vision Research
Volume: 39
Issue: 24
Pages: 4003-4009
ISSN: 0042-6989
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(99)00109-1
Abstract:Face recognition in photographic positive and negative was examined in a same/different matching task in five lighting direction conditions using untextured 3-D laser-scanned faces. The lighting directions were +60, +30, 0, -30 and -60°, where negative values represent bottom lighting and positive values represent top lighting. Recognition performance was better for faces in positive than in negative when lighting directions were at +60°. In one experiment, the same effect was also found at +30°. However, faces in negative were recognized better than positive when the direction was -60°. There was no difference in recognition performance when the lighting direction was 0 and -30°. These results confirm that the effect of lighting direction can be a determinant of the photographic negative effect. Positive faces, which normally appear to be top-lit, may be difficult to recognize in negative partly because of the accompanying change in apparent lighting direction to bottom-lit.
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Lighting direction affects recognition of untextured faces in photographic positive and negative.
Authors: Liu, C.H., Collin, C.A., Burton, A.M. and Chaudhuri, A.
Journal: Vision Res
Volume: 39
Issue: 24
Pages: 4003-4009
ISSN: 0042-6989
DOI: 10.1016/s0042-6989(99)00109-1
Abstract:Face recognition in photographic positive and negative was examined in a same/different matching task in five lighting direction conditions using untextured 3-D laser-scanned faces. The lighting directions were +60, +30, 0, -30 and -60 degrees, where negative values represent bottom lighting and positive values represent top lighting. Recognition performance was better for faces in positive than in negative when lighting directions were at +60 degrees. In one experiment, the same effect was also found at +30 degrees. However, faces in negative were recognized better than positive when the direction was -60 degrees. There was no difference in recognition performance when the lighting direction was 0 and -30 degrees. These results confirm that the effect of lighting direction can be a determinant of the photographic negative effect. Positive faces, which normally appear to be top-lit, may be difficult to recognize in negative partly because of the accompanying change in apparent lighting direction to bottom-lit.
Source: PubMed
Preferred by: Changhong Liu
Lighting direction affects recognition of untextured faces in photographic positive and negative
Authors: Liu, C.H., Collin, C.A., Burton, A.M. and Chaudhuri, A.
Journal: VISION RESEARCH
Volume: 39
Issue: 24
Pages: 4003-4009
ISSN: 0042-6989
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Lighting direction affects recognition of untextured faces in photographic positive and negative.
Authors: Liu, C.H., Collin, C.A., Burton, A.M. and Chaudhuri, A.
Journal: Vision research
Volume: 39
Issue: 24
Pages: 4003-4009
eISSN: 1878-5646
ISSN: 0042-6989
DOI: 10.1016/s0042-6989(99)00109-1
Abstract:Face recognition in photographic positive and negative was examined in a same/different matching task in five lighting direction conditions using untextured 3-D laser-scanned faces. The lighting directions were +60, +30, 0, -30 and -60 degrees, where negative values represent bottom lighting and positive values represent top lighting. Recognition performance was better for faces in positive than in negative when lighting directions were at +60 degrees. In one experiment, the same effect was also found at +30 degrees. However, faces in negative were recognized better than positive when the direction was -60 degrees. There was no difference in recognition performance when the lighting direction was 0 and -30 degrees. These results confirm that the effect of lighting direction can be a determinant of the photographic negative effect. Positive faces, which normally appear to be top-lit, may be difficult to recognize in negative partly because of the accompanying change in apparent lighting direction to bottom-lit.
Source: Europe PubMed Central