Do time-on-task effects reveal face specificity in object cognition?. Issue 4 (18th May 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ćepulić, Dominik-Borna; Schmitz, Florian; Hildebrandt, Andrea
• Is Part Of: Journal of cognitive psychology. Volume 32:Issue 4(2020)
• Page Start: 423
• Page End: 441
• Publication Date: 2020-05-18
• Subjects: face cognition -- object cognition -- time-on-task effects -- processing style; Cognitive psychology -- Periodicals; 153.05
• DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2020.1756303
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2044-5911

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Multiple experimental, neuropsychological, and individual differences studies indicated that faces are processed (e.g. perceived and memorized) differently from non-face objects. It was suggested that face specificity is a result of configural processing which is different from a rather part-based processing of other objects. In this research, we investigated the specificity of face cognition in terms of processing style. To this aim, we estimated Time-on-Task Effects (ToTEs) that allow inferring the level of automaticity of face and house processing. We collected data from 219 participants by applying four perception and recognition tasks. Generalized linear mixed-effects modelling was used to estimate fixed and random effects. Random slopes were interpreted as individual differences in ToTEs. Findings suggested that in the majority of tasks, face processing was dissociable from the processing of non-face objects. Thereby, these results offer a new perspective on the nature of differences in face and object processing.