Abstract
Four experiments examining the repetition priming of familiar face recognition are reported. The experiments showed that the speed of deciding whether a face is familiar was facilitated by prior presentation of the face, but not by reading the written name or by producing the name in response to a definition. In contrast, reading names and producing names to definitions both primed subsequent naming of the corresponding faces (Experiments 1 and 2). Face naming was primed more by face naming than by either familiarity decisions or naming from description (Experiments 3 and 4). The authors propose that repetition priming of familiar face recognition occurs at 2 distinct loci. The first involves the perceptual recognition of a face as familiar and is domain-specific. The second involves name retrieval and is susceptible to both within- and cross-domain priming.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 295-308 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Mar 1996 |
Externally published | Yes |