An update of the Benton Facial Recognition Test

Authors: Murray, E., Bennetts, R., Tree, J. and Bate, S.

Journal: Behavior Research Methods

Volume: 54

Issue: 5

Pages: 2318-2333

eISSN: 1554-3528

ISSN: 1554-351X

DOI: 10.3758/s13428-021-01727-x

Abstract:

The Benton Facial Recognition Test (BFRT) is a paper-and-pen task that is traditionally used to assess face perception skills in neurological, clinical and psychiatric conditions. Despite criticisms of its stimuli, the task enjoys a simple procedure and is rapid to administer. Further, it has recently been computerised (BFRT-c), allowing reliable measurement of completion times and the need for online testing. Here, in response to calls for repeat screening for the accurate detection of face processing deficits, we present the BFRT-Revised (BFRT-r): a new version of the BFRT-c that maintains the task’s basic paradigm, but employs new, higher-quality stimuli that reflect recent theoretical advances in the field. An initial validation study with typical participants indicated that the BFRT-r has good internal reliability and content validity. A second investigation indicated that while younger and older participants had comparable accuracy, completion times were longer in the latter, highlighting the need for age-matched norms. Administration of the BFRT-r and BFRT-c to 32 individuals with developmental prosopagnosia resulted in improved sensitivity in diagnostic screening for the BFRT-r compared to the BFRT-c. These findings are discussed in relation to current diagnostic screening protocols for face perception deficits. The BFRT-r is stored in an open repository and is freely available to other researchers.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/35553/

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An update of the Benton Facial Recognition Test.

Authors: Murray, E., Bennetts, R., Tree, J. and Bate, S.

Journal: Behav Res Methods

Volume: 54

Issue: 5

Pages: 2318-2333

eISSN: 1554-3528

DOI: 10.3758/s13428-021-01727-x

Abstract:

The Benton Facial Recognition Test (BFRT) is a paper-and-pen task that is traditionally used to assess face perception skills in neurological, clinical and psychiatric conditions. Despite criticisms of its stimuli, the task enjoys a simple procedure and is rapid to administer. Further, it has recently been computerised (BFRT-c), allowing reliable measurement of completion times and the need for online testing. Here, in response to calls for repeat screening for the accurate detection of face processing deficits, we present the BFRT-Revised (BFRT-r): a new version of the BFRT-c that maintains the task's basic paradigm, but employs new, higher-quality stimuli that reflect recent theoretical advances in the field. An initial validation study with typical participants indicated that the BFRT-r has good internal reliability and content validity. A second investigation indicated that while younger and older participants had comparable accuracy, completion times were longer in the latter, highlighting the need for age-matched norms. Administration of the BFRT-r and BFRT-c to 32 individuals with developmental prosopagnosia resulted in improved sensitivity in diagnostic screening for the BFRT-r compared to the BFRT-c. These findings are discussed in relation to current diagnostic screening protocols for face perception deficits. The BFRT-r is stored in an open repository and is freely available to other researchers.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/35553/

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An update of the Benton Facial Recognition Test

Authors: Murray, E., Bennetts, R., Tree, J. and Bate, S.

Journal: BEHAVIOR RESEARCH METHODS

Volume: 54

Issue: 5

Pages: 2318-2333

eISSN: 1554-3528

ISSN: 1554-351X

DOI: 10.3758/s13428-021-01727-x

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/35553/

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An Update of the Benton Facial Recognition Test

Authors: Murray, E., Bennetts, R., Tree, J. and Bate, S.

Journal: Behavior Research Methods

Publisher: Psychonomic Society Inc.

ISSN: 1554-351X

DOI: 10.3758/s13428-021-01727-x

Abstract:

The Benton Facial Recognition Test (BFRT) is a paper-and-pen task that has traditionally been used to assess face perception skills in neurological, clinical and psychiatric conditions. Despite some criticisms of its stimuli, the task enjoys a simple procedure and is rapid to administer. Further, it has recently been computerised (the BFRT-c), allowing reliable measurement of completion times, while addressing the need for online testing. Here, in response to calls for repeat-screening for the accurate detection of face recognition deficits, we present the BFRT-Revised (BFRT-r): a new version of the BFRT-c that maintains the task’s basic paradigm, but employs new, higher quality stimuli that reflect recent theoretical advances in the field. An initial validation study with typical participants indicated that the BFRT-r has good internal reliability and content validity. A second investigation indicated that while younger and older participants achieved similar accuracy scores, completion times were longer in the latter, highlighting the need for age-matched norms when assessing clinical cases. Administration of the BFRT-r and BFRT-c to 31 individuals with developmental prosopagnosia identified 16 cases with impairments in face perception. While these deficits were observed on both tests in eight of the cases, eight others only displayed deficits on one of the two tasks, primarily on the task completion time measure. These findings are discussed in relation to current diagnostic screening protocols for face perception deficits. The BFRT-r is stored in an open repository and is freely available to other researchers.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/35553/

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An update of the Benton Facial Recognition Test.

Authors: Murray, E., Bennetts, R., Tree, J. and Bate, S.

Journal: Behavior research methods

Volume: 54

Issue: 5

Pages: 2318-2333

eISSN: 1554-3528

ISSN: 1554-351X

DOI: 10.3758/s13428-021-01727-x

Abstract:

The Benton Facial Recognition Test (BFRT) is a paper-and-pen task that is traditionally used to assess face perception skills in neurological, clinical and psychiatric conditions. Despite criticisms of its stimuli, the task enjoys a simple procedure and is rapid to administer. Further, it has recently been computerised (BFRT-c), allowing reliable measurement of completion times and the need for online testing. Here, in response to calls for repeat screening for the accurate detection of face processing deficits, we present the BFRT-Revised (BFRT-r): a new version of the BFRT-c that maintains the task's basic paradigm, but employs new, higher-quality stimuli that reflect recent theoretical advances in the field. An initial validation study with typical participants indicated that the BFRT-r has good internal reliability and content validity. A second investigation indicated that while younger and older participants had comparable accuracy, completion times were longer in the latter, highlighting the need for age-matched norms. Administration of the BFRT-r and BFRT-c to 32 individuals with developmental prosopagnosia resulted in improved sensitivity in diagnostic screening for the BFRT-r compared to the BFRT-c. These findings are discussed in relation to current diagnostic screening protocols for face perception deficits. The BFRT-r is stored in an open repository and is freely available to other researchers.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/35553/

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An Update of the Benton Facial Recognition Test

Authors: Murray, E., Bennetts, R., Tree, J. and Bate, S.

Journal: Behavior Research Methods

Volume: 54

Pages: 2318-2333

Publisher: N/A

ISSN: 1554-351X

Abstract:

The Benton Facial Recognition Test (BFRT) is a paper-and-pen task that has traditionally been used to assess face perception skills in neurological, clinical and psychiatric conditions. Despite some criticisms of its stimuli, the task enjoys a simple procedure and is rapid to administer. Further, it has recently been computerised (the BFRT-c), allowing reliable measurement of completion times, while addressing the need for online testing. Here, in response to calls for repeat-screening for the accurate detection of face recognition deficits, we present the BFRT-Revised (BFRT-r): a new version of the BFRT-c that maintains the task’s basic paradigm, but employs new, higher quality stimuli that reflect recent theoretical advances in the field. An initial validation study with typical participants indicated that the BFRT-r has good internal reliability and content validity. A second investigation indicated that while younger and older participants achieved similar accuracy scores, completion times were longer in the latter, highlighting the need for age-matched norms when assessing clinical cases. Administration of the BFRT-r and BFRT-c to 31 individuals with developmental prosopagnosia identified 16 cases with impairments in face perception. While these deficits were observed on both tests in eight of the cases, eight others only displayed deficits on one of the two tasks, primarily on the task completion time measure. These findings are discussed in relation to current diagnostic screening protocols for face perception deficits. The BFRT-r is stored in an open repository and is freely available to other researchers.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/35553/

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