Evidence for a General Neural Signature of Face Familiarity

Authors: Dalski, A., Kovács, G., Ambrus, G.G.

Journal: Cerebral Cortex

Publication Date: 15/06/2022

Volume: 32

Issue: 12

Pages: 2590-2601

eISSN: 1460-2199

ISSN: 1047-3211

DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhab366

Abstract:

We explored the neural signatures of face familiarity using cross-participant and cross-experiment decoding of event-related potentials, evoked by unknown and experimentally familiarized faces from a set of experiments with different participants, stimuli, and familiarization-types. Human participants of both sexes were either familiarized perceptually, via media exposure, or by personal interaction. We observed significant cross-experiment familiarity decoding involving all three experiments, predominantly over posterior and central regions of the right hemisphere in the 270-630 ms time window. This shared face familiarity effect was most prominent across the Media and the Personal, as well as between the Perceptual and Personal experiments. Cross-experiment decodability makes this signal a strong candidate for a general neural indicator of face familiarity, independent of familiarization methods, participants, and stimuli. Furthermore, the sustained pattern of temporal generalization suggests that it reflects a single automatic processing cascade that is maintained over time.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/36372/

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Evidence for a General Neural Signature of Face Familiarity.

Authors: Dalski, A., Kovács, G., Ambrus, G.G.

Journal: Cereb Cortex

Publication Date: 07/06/2022

Volume: 32

Issue: 12

Pages: 2590-2601

eISSN: 1460-2199

DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhab366

Abstract:

We explored the neural signatures of face familiarity using cross-participant and cross-experiment decoding of event-related potentials, evoked by unknown and experimentally familiarized faces from a set of experiments with different participants, stimuli, and familiarization-types. Human participants of both sexes were either familiarized perceptually, via media exposure, or by personal interaction. We observed significant cross-experiment familiarity decoding involving all three experiments, predominantly over posterior and central regions of the right hemisphere in the 270-630 ms time window. This shared face familiarity effect was most prominent across the Media and the Personal, as well as between the Perceptual and Personal experiments. Cross-experiment decodability makes this signal a strong candidate for a general neural indicator of face familiarity, independent of familiarization methods, participants, and stimuli. Furthermore, the sustained pattern of temporal generalization suggests that it reflects a single automatic processing cascade that is maintained over time.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/36372/

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Evidence for a General Neural Signature of Face Familiarity

Authors: Dalski, A., Kovacs, G., Ambrus, G.G.

Journal: CEREBRAL CORTEX

Publication Date: 2022

Volume: 32

Issue: 12

Pages: 2590-2601

eISSN: 1460-2199

ISSN: 1047-3211

DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhab366

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/36372/

Source: Web of Science

Evidence for a General Neural Signature of Face Familiarity

Authors: Dalski, A., Kovács, G., Ambrus, G.G.

Journal: Cerebral Cortex

Publication Date: 15/06/2022

Volume: 32

Issue: 12

Pages: 2590-2601

Publisher: Oxford University Press

ISSN: 1047-3211

DOI: 10.1093/CERCOR/BHAB366

Abstract:

We explored the neural signatures of face familiarity using cross-participant and cross-experiment decoding of event-related potentials, evoked by unknown and experimentally familiarized faces from a set of experiments with different participants, stimuli, and familiarization-types. Human participants of both sexes were either familiarized perceptually, via media exposure, or by personal interaction. We observed significant cross-experiment familiarity decoding involving all three experiments, predominantly over posterior and central regions of the right hemisphere in the 270–630 ms time window. This shared face familiarity effect was most prominent across the Media and the Personal, as well as between the Perceptual and Personal experiments. Cross-experiment decodability makes this signal a strong candidate for a general neural indicator of face familiarity, independent of familiarization methods, participants, and stimuli. Furthermore, the sustained pattern of temporal generalization suggests that it reflects a single automatic processing cascade that is maintained over time.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/36372/

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Preferred by: Géza Gergely Ambrus

Evidence for a General Neural Signature of Face Familiarity.

Authors: Dalski, A., Kovács, G., Ambrus, G.G.

Journal: Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)

Publication Date: 06/2022

Volume: 32

Issue: 12

Pages: 2590-2601

eISSN: 1460-2199

ISSN: 1047-3211

DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhab366

Abstract:

We explored the neural signatures of face familiarity using cross-participant and cross-experiment decoding of event-related potentials, evoked by unknown and experimentally familiarized faces from a set of experiments with different participants, stimuli, and familiarization-types. Human participants of both sexes were either familiarized perceptually, via media exposure, or by personal interaction. We observed significant cross-experiment familiarity decoding involving all three experiments, predominantly over posterior and central regions of the right hemisphere in the 270-630 ms time window. This shared face familiarity effect was most prominent across the Media and the Personal, as well as between the Perceptual and Personal experiments. Cross-experiment decodability makes this signal a strong candidate for a general neural indicator of face familiarity, independent of familiarization methods, participants, and stimuli. Furthermore, the sustained pattern of temporal generalization suggests that it reflects a single automatic processing cascade that is maintained over time.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/36372/

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