Robert A. JOHNSTON, Takashi KATO, Masami KANAZAWA, Masaomi ODA
Exploring the Structure of Multidimensional Face Space
Abstract:Three experiments investigated the status of a model of multidimensional face space (Valentine, 1991a, b). Experiments 1 and 2 show how commonsense assumptions about similarities between faces due to age and gender can be accounted for by this type of model. A non-intuitive prediction of the model based on these findings is that face classification times will be slowest for adult male faces. This is demonstrated in Experiment 3. These findings and an unexpected discovery that face classification times are also slower to male child faces are used to explore possible structures of multidimensional face space.