Breakthrough percepts of famous names. (June 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Alsufyani, Abdulmajeed; Harris, Kathryn; Zoumpoulaki, Alexia; Filetti, Marco; Bowman, Howard
• Is Part Of: Cortex. Volume 139(2021)
• Page Start: 267
• Page End: 281
• Publication Date: 2021-06
• Subjects: EEG -- Rapid serial visual presentation -- Concealed knowledge test -- Fringe-P3 -- Famous names; Neuropsychology -- Periodicals; Nervous system -- Periodicals; Neurology -- Periodicals; Psychophysiology -- Periodicals; Behavior -- Periodicals; Neurology -- Periodicals; 612.825
• DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2021.02.030
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0010-9452

Abstract

Abstract: Studies have shown that presenting own-name stimuli on the fringe of awareness in Rapid Serial Visual Presentation (RSVP) generates a P3 component and provides an accurate and countermeasure resistant method for detecting identity deception (Bowman et al., 2013, 2014). The current study investigates how effective this Fringe-P3 method is at detecting recognition of familiar name stimuli with lower salience (i.e., famous names) than own-name stimuli, as well as its accuracy with multi-item stimuli (i.e., first and second name pairs presented sequentially). The results demonstrated a highly significant ERP difference between famous and non-famous names at the group level and a detectable P3 for famous names for 86% of participants at the individual level. This demonstrates that the Fringe-P3 method can be used for detecting name stimuli other than own-names and for multi-item stimuli, thus further supporting the method's potential usefulness in forensic applications such as in detecting recognition of accomplices.