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multidimensional face space model  

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  • Model developed by Tim Valentine and collaborators describing how faces are thought to be stored in memory. Each face is represented by a value related to the dimensions of different aspects of a face (length of nose, elongation of the face, etc). Typical faces are concentrated in space and closest to the intersections of the axes. Distinctive faces are more distant and isolated, which would explain why the latter are better recognized than the former. There are actually two versions of the model: the exemplar model (faces are represented independently of a norm) and the prototype model (faces are represented as deviations from a prototype).

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  • face space model

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Valentine, T., & Endo, M. (1992). Towards an exemplar model of face processing: The effects of race and distinctiveness. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A, 44(4), 671–703. https://doi.org/10.1080/14640749208401305

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Valentine, T., Lewis, M. B., & Hills, P. J. (2016). Face-space: A unifying concept in face recognition research. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 69(10), 1996–2019. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2014.990392

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]

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  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-ZZQH7LV3-Q

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