Charlie D. Frowd
Understanding the multiframe caricature advantage for recognizing facial composites
Frowd, Charlie D.; Skelton, Faye; Atherton, Chris; Pitchford, Melanie; Bruce, Vicki; Atkins, Rebecca; Gannon, Carol; Ross, David; Young, Fern; Nelson, Laura; Hepton, Gemma; McIntyre, Alex H.; Hancock, Peter J. B.
Authors
Dr Faye Skelton F.Skelton@napier.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Chris Atherton
Melanie Pitchford
Vicki Bruce
Rebecca Atkins
Carol Gannon
David Ross
Fern Young
Laura Nelson
Gemma Hepton
Dr Alex McIntyre A.McIntyre@napier.ac.uk
Lecturer
Peter J. B. Hancock
Abstract
Eyewitnesses often construct a ‘composite’ face of a person they saw commit a crime, a picture that police use to identify suspects. We described a technique (Frowd et al., 2007, Visual Cognition, 15, 1-31) based on facial caricature to facilitate recognition of these images: correct naming substantially improves when composites are seen with progressive positive caricature, where distinctive information is enhanced, and then with progressive negative caricature, the opposite. Over the course of four experiments, the underpinnings of this mechanism are explored. Positive-caricature levels were found to be largely responsible for improving naming of composites, with some benefit from negative-caricature levels. Also, different frame-presentation orders (forward, reverse, random, repeated) facilitated equivalent naming benefit relative to static composites. Overall, the data indicate that composites are usually constructed as negative caricatures.
Citation
Frowd, C. D., Skelton, F., Atherton, C., Pitchford, M., Bruce, V., Atkins, R., Gannon, C., Ross, D., Young, F., Nelson, L., Hepton, G., McIntyre, A. H., & Hancock, P. J. B. (2012). Understanding the multiframe caricature advantage for recognizing facial composites. Visual Cognition, 20(10), 1215-1241. https://doi.org/10.1080/13506285.2012.743936
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Oct 20, 2012 |
Online Publication Date | Dec 14, 2012 |
Publication Date | 2012-12 |
Deposit Date | Jun 10, 2015 |
Publicly Available Date | Jun 10, 2015 |
Journal | Visual Cognition |
Print ISSN | 1350-6285 |
Electronic ISSN | 1464-0716 |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 20 |
Issue | 10 |
Pages | 1215-1241 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/13506285.2012.743936 |
Keywords | Caricature; Face space; Facial composite; Memory; Witness |
Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/8526 |
Publisher URL | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13506285.2012.743936 |
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