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Facial Recognition Tests

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Face processing tests; Face tests

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A variety of tests have been developed to measure the ability to recognize faces. In order to recognize a face, one must have the basic perceptual ability to distinguish that face from others, often over time and from multiple vantage points. Tests that measure this ability provide information about the accuracy with which the face is represented, recognized, and distinguished from others. A range of skills are critical for face recognition including the ability to analyze the face and its features, understand the relationship of these features within the overall configuration of the face, perceive the identity of the face across changes in viewpoint and expression, and explicitly recognize the faces of familiar people.

Recognition of faces is critical throughout social development, because faces are used to identify others in social situations more than any other physical characteristic. The face provides a unique way to identify...

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Abbreviations

ADT:

Age differentiation test

ASD:

Autism spectrum disorder

BTFR:

Benton test of facial recognition

CFMT:

Cambridge face memory test

CFMT-K:

Cambridge face memory test-kids

CFPT:

Cambridge face perception test

CMS:

Children’s memory scales

CNB:

Penn computerized neurocognitive battery

FME:

Facial memory test

K-ABC-II, FR:

Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children-II, Face Recognition Subtest

LFI:

Let’s Face It!

RMT:

Warrington recognition memory test

WMS:

Wechsler memory scales

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Susan, F. (2017). Facial Recognition Tests. In: Volkmar, F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6435-8_730-3

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