What’s in a Face? It Depends on the Disorder

• Published in: PsycCritiques Vol. 58; no. 46; p. No Pagination Specified
• Main Author: Peissig, Jessie J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Psychological Association 27.11.2013
• Subjects: Disorders; Face Perception; Human
• DOI: 10.1037/a0034543
• ISSN: 1554-0138

Reviews the book, Face Recognition and Its Disorders by Sarah Bate (see record 2013-02457-000). This book covers a broad range of basic findings and theories in face perception from the perspectives of clinical, cognitive, and developmental psychology. Specifically, Bate explores how face recognition disorders contribute to a basic understanding of face recognition. Although experts on the topic might find certain chapters too simplistic, overall Bate does a good job of summarizing the major findings and presenting theories in a way that will be accessible to the lay reader just wishing to learn in general about this area of research, and it is written in an easy-to-read style that an interested reader will enjoy. For readers who study related issues, most chapters are still complete enough to give them a starting point for truly understanding a topic. The book is fairly short (241 pages), making it an easy read to pair with relevant journal articles for a laboratory course or a seminar class. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)