In this article, we begin with a summary of the evidence for perceptual narrowing for various
aspects of language (eg, vowel and consonant contrasts, tone languages, visual language …

The nature of the developmental trajectory of face recognition abilities from infancy through
adulthood is multifaceted and currently not well understood. We argue that the …

Two identical top halves of a face are perceived as being different when their bottom halves
belong to different faces, showing that the parts of a face cannot be perceived independently …

It is widely accepted that holistic processing is important for face perception. However, it
remains unclear whether the other-race effect (ORE)(ie superior recognition for own-race …

Recent research has suggested the importance of part-based information in face recognition
in addition to global, whole-face information. Nevertheless, face drawing experience was …

Faces are a rich source of information about the people around us. Identity, state of mind,
emotions, intentions, age, gender, ethnic background, attractiveness and a host of other …

Same-race (SR) faces are recognized better than other-race (OR) faces, and this other-race
effect (ORE) is correlated with experience. SR faces are also processed more holistically …

We evaluate claims that the other-race effect in face memory reflects stronger holistic coding
of own-race than other-race faces. Considering evidence from a range of paradigms …

The uncanny valley stands for the feeling of eeriness triggered by something that looks
almost, but not exactly, like a real human. This study, thus, examined whether other-race …

Holistic processing has been associated with perceptual expertise in different domains
involving faces, cars, fingerprints, musical notes, English words, etc. Curiously Chinese …