NDLI: Memory for faces: the effect of facial appearance and the context in which the face is encountered

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Author	Mattarozzi, Katia Todorov, Alexander Codispoti, Maurizio
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	We investigated the effects of appearance of emotionally neutral faces and the context in which the faces are encountered on incidental face memory. To approximate real-life situations as closely as possible, faces were embedded in a newspaper article, with a headline that specified an action performed by the person pictured. We found that facial appearance affected memory so that faces perceived as trustworthy or untrustworthy were remembered better than neutral ones. Furthermore, the memory of untrustworthy faces was slightly better than that of trustworthy faces. The emotional context of encoding affected the details of face memory. Faces encountered in a neutral context were more likely to be recognized as only familiar. In contrast, emotionally relevant contexts of encoding, whether pleasant or unpleasant, increased the likelihood of remembering semantic and even episodic details associated with faces. These findings suggest that facial appearance (i.e., perceived trustworthiness) affects face memory. Moreover, the findings support prior evidence that the engagement of emotion processing during memory encoding increases the likelihood that events are not only recognized but also remembered.
Starting Page	308
Ending Page	317
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISSN	03400727
Journal	Psychological Research
Volume Number	79
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	14302772
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publisher Date	2014-03-12
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Psychology Research
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Arts and Humanities Medicine Developmental and Educational Psychology

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