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after the subject completes the faces, inverted faces, scenes, inverted
scenes blocks.
Results
In Figure 1, the upright recognition accuracy of the face trials was M =
0.8135, SD = 0.0219, and the inverted recognition accuracy was M = 0.6456,
SD = 0.0218. With regards to the scene trials, the upright recognition
accuracy was M = 0.8085, SD = 0.0182, and the inverted recognition
accuracy was M = 0.7209, SD = 0.0225.
Applying the t-test separately to face and scene trials, the difference
between trials of opposite orientation was statistically significant for both
faces, t = 8.11, p < 0.0001, and scenes, t = 4.73, p < 0.0001. Additionally,
the difference between inverted faces and inverted scenes was also
significant, t = 3.81, p < 0.0001.
Figure 1: Comparison of the face and scene recognition tasks with modified
orientation
Discussion
Because the accuracy for the upright faces and scenes lie within their
respective standard deviations of each other, the results show that the
difference in recognition accuracy between upright scenes and faces is
statistically insignificant. However, there was a statistically noticeable
difference between inverted faces and inverted scenes. Finally, both inverted
blocks resulted in significantly lower recognition accuracy. These findings
suggest that inverted faces and scenes are recognized with diminished
accuracy because people are used to viewing mono-oriented (upright)
images as opposed to inverted images. This experiment also suggests that
there may be a distinctive difficulty in recognizing inverted faces.
This experiment could be complicated by the fact that each subject could
have had a unique method of memorizing the images. The experimenter
could implement a consistent strategy of memorization to reduce variability
in memorizing the images. Further experiments could possible explore what
about what aspects of the face create such confusion in recognizing inverted
faces.
References
Yin, R. K. (1969). Looking at upside-down faces. Journal of experimental
psychology, 81(1), 141.