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the original research paper is:
Individuals with #aphantasia 🫥 show independent impairments in face perception and face memory, but not face matching
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010945226001619
Abstract
"Some individuals with aphantasia, an absent or reduced ability to form visual imagery, report #FaceRecognition difficulties, and studies have shown #aphantasics exhibit impaired face recognition performance on the Cambridge Face Memory Test. While this impaired performance may be due to poor #FaceMemory, it may instead, or in addition, be due to difficulties in other #FaceProcessing domains (such as #FacePerception or #FaceMatching). The Cambridge Face Memory Test, Oxford Face Matching Test and a novel analysis strategy were used to obtain independent measures of face memory, face matching and face perception from 34 individuals with aphantasia and an age-matched control group. Results showed that individuals with aphantasia exhibit impairments in face memory and face perception, but not face matching. This study therefore provides information about the specific face processing mechanisms that may be impaired in aphantasia."
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#Aphantasia 🫥 is linked to specific face recognition deficits, but matching skills remain intact
"When it came to basic #FaceMatching, the aphantasia group performed just as well as the typical imagers. Both groups were equally accurate at deciding if two side-by-side photos showed the same person."
"The aphantasia group scored significantly lower on the memory test. Even after factoring out perception and matching abilities, the individuals with aphantasia still exhibited worse #FaceMemory than the control group."
"One potential misinterpretation of this study is the assumption that all people with aphantasia have severe, clinical face blindness. The data shows that the majority of participants with aphantasia did not score low enough on the objective memory tests to be formally classified as having #prosopagnosia. Their performance was simply weaker on average compared to typical imagers."
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