Face Recognition and Perception
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Background: Facial motion has been shown to enhance face recognition in typical recognisers and increase attention to diagnostic internal facial features (eyes, nose and mouth), which may support improved recognition. The present study aimed to replicate these effects and assess whether they extend to individuals with developmental prosopagnosia (DP), who show impairments in face recognition and reduced attention to the internal features. Methods: Participants completed a famous face recognition task (Experiment 1) and an unfamiliar old/new recognition task (Experiment 2), with both static and moving stimuli. Eye movements were recorded to assess visual attention. In each experiment, two analyses were conducted: a replication analysis in a neurotypical sample (Experiment 1: n = 49; Experiment 2: n = 51), and a separate comparison of 14 individuals with DP with a subset of 16 age-matched controls. Results: Across both experiments, recognition accuracy was higher for moving than static faces in both the control and DP samples, and participants directed a greater proportion of visual attention to internal facial features when faces were presented in motion. However, compared to age-matched controls, individuals with DP showed differences in the allocation of attention to the internal facial features. Conclusions: The findings replicate evidence that facial motion enhances recognition and increases attention to the internal facial features in typical recognisers and extend these effects to individuals with DP. Although individuals with DP benefit from motion, differences in the distribution of attention across internal features remain, suggesting that motion alters but does not normalise face-scanning strategies.
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@article{Sexton2026Facial,
title = {Facial Motion Enhances Face Recognition and Guides Visual Attention in Typical Recognisers and Developmental Prosopagnosia},
author = {Laura Sexton and Natalie Butcher and Jonathon Reay},
journal = {Brain Sciences},
year = {2026},
doi = {10.3390/brainsci16060567},
url = {https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci16060567}
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