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Perception
; 50(2): 174-177, 2021 Feb.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-33459167
ABSTRACT
Expertise in familiar face recognition has been well-documented in several studies. Here, we examined the role of context using a surprise lecturer recognition test. Across two experiments, we found few students recognised their lecturer when they were unexpected, but accuracy was higher when the lecturer was preceded by a prompt. Our findings suggest that familiar face recognition can be poor in unexpected contexts.