The Importance of the Eyes of a Person's Face in Face Recognition

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The Importance of the Eyes of a Person's Face in Face Recognition

Abstract;

The aim of this experiment is to find out if participants can

recognise the faces of well known celebrities if the celebrities’ eyes

are blacked out and if the eyes of a person’s face are a major factor

of face recognition. I predict that the participants will find it

easier to recognise the celebrities’ faces in the condition where the

eyes are not blacked out more than when the eyes are blacked out.

I used a lab experiment and independent group design. The target

population from which my participants were used were the 20 students

in my AS psychology class (opportunity sample). I randomly separated

the 20 participants into 2 groups of 10 for each of the 2 conditions.

I then delivered a brief and handed out the pictures of the

celebrities face down in front of the participants. I then timed the

participants for 2 and a half minutes while they turned over the

sheets and wrote their answers upon it.

Number of participants

Condition 1 Celebrities with eyes ( mean score out of 20)

Number of participants

Condition 2 Celebrities with blacked out eyes (mean score out of 20)

10

17/20 = 85%

10

13/20 = 65%

In consideration of my results I reject my null hypothesis and accept

my hypothesis that the participants will find it easier to recognise

the celebrities’ faces in the condition where the eyes are not blacked

out. The results indicate that the eyes of a person’s face are an

important factor of face recognition.

Introduction / Background:

Being able to recognise other people is of great significance in our

lives....

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... take no further part in this investigation, and naturally your results

will not be used. I will give you each two sheets with twenty

celebrities’ enpicted. All that is required of you is to write down by

the picture the name of as many of the celebrities as you can. I will

give you two and a half minutes to complete the task.

Debrief

The aim of the investigation was to see if being able to see the eyes

of a known person’s face is an important factor of face recognition. I

would like to remind you that I will keep your results confidential,

but if for any reason you would like to withdraw your results you are

entitled to do so. I expect that all your results are within the

normal range, and if you would like to know your results then you may

see me at a later date. Thank you again for taking part and well done.

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