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Self-Face Perception
Date
2019 - 2023
Role
Doctoral Researcher
Status
Completed
Keywords
Self-Face Recognition, Face Processing, Eye-Tracking, Featural Processing, Self-Face Advantage, Cognitive Psychology, Face Perception
Methods
Eye-tracking, Behavioral Experiments, Cross-cultural Studies
Theoretical Contribution
Featural account of self-face processing
Publications
5 peer-reviewed journal articles
My doctoral research investigated how we recognize our own faces—a fundamental aspect of self-awareness and identity. Using eye-tracking and behavioral experiments, I discovered that self-face processing relies more on featural information than the configural processing typically used for other faces.
This work challenged existing theories by demonstrating that the self-face advantage persists even under conditions that disrupt normal face processing. The research provides empirical evidence for distinct cognitive mechanisms underlying self-face recognition and contributes new theoretical insights to face perception literature.
Key Publications
Lee, J. K.W., Janssen, S. M., & Estudillo, A. J. (2023). No modulation effects of depressive traits on the self-face advantage. Personality and Individual Differences, 220, 112524.
Lee, J. K. W., Janssen, S. M. J., Estudillo, A. J. (2022). A featural account for own-face processing? Looking for support from face inversion, composite face, and part-whole tasks. i-Perception, 13(4), 1-22.
Lee, J. K. W., Janssen, S. M. J., Estudillo, A. J. (2022). A more featural based processing for the self-face: An eye-tracking study. Consciousness and Cognition, 105, 103400.
Lee, J. K. W., Janssen, S. M. J., Estudillo, A. J. (2022). Cultural modulation effects on the Self-Face Advantage: Do Caucasians find their own faces faster than Chinese? The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology.