Facial feature representations in visual working memory: A reverse correlation study.

ABSTRACT: For humans, storing facial identities in visual working memory (VWM) is crucial. Despite vast research on VWM, it is not well known how face identity and physical features (e.g., eyes) are encoded in VWM representations. Moreover, while it is widely assumed that VWM face representations encode efficiently the subtle individual differences in facial features, this assumption has been difficult to investigate directly. Finally, it is not known how facial representations are forgotten. Some facial features could be more susceptible to forgetting than others, or conversely, all features could decay randomly. Here, we use a novel application of psychophysical reverse correlation, enabling us to estimate how various facial features are weighted in VWM representations, how statistically efficient

SUBMITTER: Kuuramo C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12574738 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature