Favelle, Simone

Top Publications

Year	Title
2018	View specific generalisation effects in face recognition: Front and yaw comparison views are better than pitch Published in PLoS One
2017	About Face: Matching Unfamiliar Faces Across Rotations of View and Lighting Published in i-Perception
2017	The other-race effect in face learning: Using naturalistic images to investigate face ethnicity effects in a learning paradigm Published in Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
2016	Holistic processing of face configurations and components Published in Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
2015	Dynamic composite faces are processed holistically Published in Vision Research
2014	The composite effect in static and dynamic familiar face perception Published in i-Perception
2013	Holistic processing for other-race faces in Chinese participants occurs for upright but not inverted faces Published in Frontiers in Psychology
2013	Importance of the inverted control in measuring holistic face processing with the composite effect and part-whole effect Published in Frontiers in Psychology
2012	The face inversion effect following pitch and yaw rotations: investigating the boundaries of holistic processing. Published in Frontiers in Psychology
2011	Face viewpoint effects about three axes: the role of configural and featural processing Published in Perception

Research Areas

1701 - PSYCHOLOGY

Research Overview

Faces convey socially useful information such as identity, sex, race and emotion. How do we tell who someone is and how can we tell what they are feeling? How do we do this when the incoming visual information is constantly changing with viewpoint and lighting? And how might our ability to recognise faces and facial expressions of emotion affect social functioning? My research is in the area of visual cognition and focuses on the perceptual, cognitive, and social processes involved in face recognition. Face recognition is a fundamental social skill, but it is also critical for information, community (policing), and border security. My research aims to understand how the human visual system achieves face recognition in challenging conditions, which in turn will benefit special populations, professional groups and computer algorithm development.

Available as Research Supervisor

Member Of

The Vision Sciences Society
CBAB (Cognitive Bases of Atypical Behaviour) Member 2018 - 2020
Australasian Society for Experimental Psychology Member 2004 - 2020

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2022	Emphasizing Transferable Skills in Undergraduate Cognitive Psychology is Associated With Higher Grades Published In Teaching of Psychology
2021	The Effect of Image Variability on Matching Unfamiliar Own and Other-Race Faces Published In Journal of Vision
2021	The cross-lagged relationship between loneliness, social support, and psychotic-like experiences in young adults Published In Cognitive Neuropsychiatry
2021	The intentionality bias in schizotypy: a social matter Published In Cognitive Neuropsychiatry
2021	Within-person variability can improve the identification of unfamiliar faces across changes in viewpoint Published In Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
2018	View specific generalisation effects in face recognition: Front and yaw comparison views are better than pitch Published In PLoS One
2017	About Face: Matching Unfamiliar Faces Across Rotations of View and Lighting Published In i-Perception
2017	The other-race effect in face learning: Using naturalistic images to investigate face ethnicity effects in a learning paradigm Published In Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
2016	Dynamic facial expressions are processed holistically, but not more holistically than static facial expressions Published In Cognition and Emotion
2016	Holistic processing of face configurations and components Published In Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
2015	Change magnitude does not guide attention in an object change detection task Published In Perception
2015	Dynamic composite faces are processed holistically Published In Vision Research
2014	The composite effect in static and dynamic familiar face perception Published In i-Perception
2013	Holistic processing for other-race faces in Chinese participants occurs for upright but not inverted faces Published In Frontiers in Psychology
2013	Importance of the inverted control in measuring holistic face processing with the composite effect and part-whole effect Published In Frontiers in Psychology
2012	The face inversion effect following pitch and yaw rotations: investigating the boundaries of holistic processing. Published In Frontiers in Psychology
2011	Face viewpoint effects about three axes: the role of configural and featural processing Published In Perception
2011	No own-race advantage for holistic face processing in Chinese participants. Published In Journal of Vision
2011	Why are face composites difficult to recognize? Published In Journal of Vision
2010	The time course of configural change detection for novel 3-D objects Published In Attention, Perception and Psychophysics
2008	Effects of scenery, lighting, glideslope and experience on timing the landing flare Published In Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied
2008	The 2003 Australian Breast Health Survey: Survey Design and Preliminary Results Published In BMC Public Health
2008	Time-To-Contact Perception During Simulated Night Landing Published In The International Journal of Aviation Psychology
2007	Attention to configural information in change detection for faces Published In Perception
2007	Things are looking up: differential decline in face recognition following pitch and yaw rotation Published In Perception

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2015	Holistic processing of left-right and top-bottom composite faces Published In Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference 2015
2015	Unfamiliar faces engaged in non-rigid motion are processed holistically Published In Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference 2015
2014	Composite effects for static and dynamic facial expressions Published In Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society Volume 19
2014	Composite effects for static and dynamic facial expressions Published In 41st Annual Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference, Brisbane: Abstracts for all Presentations at the Meeting
2014	We can be happy upside down: Inversion effects for static and dynamic facial expressions Published In 41st Annual Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference, Brisbane: Abstracts for all Presentations at the Meeting
2013	The short and the tall of it: The role of viewer height in recognising faces viewed from above and below. Published In Experimental Psychology Conference 2013
2012	Generalisation from three-quarter views of faces in the yaw and pitch axes. Published In 39th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference
2012	The role of motion in recognising facial expressions. Published In Combined Abstracts of 2012 Australian Psychology Conferences
2011	Is holistic/configural processing restricted to human faces? Published In Combined Abstracts of 2011 Australian Psychology Conferences
2010	Face(book) perception: Is the own-race advantage due to perceptual learning? Published In Journal of Vision
2010	The utility of different object properties in change detection Published In ASCS09: Proceedings of the 9th Conference of the Australasian Society for Cognitive Science
2009	Matching faces across rotations in view and lighting Published In 9th Conference of the Australasian Society for Cognitive Science: abstracts
2009	Object change detection: effects of attention, change magnitude and part addition or deletion Published In 36th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference
2008	Face recognition following rotation about three axes Published In Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision
2007	Navigating the boundary of face space: What kind of stimulus is a face? Published In Journal of Vision

Investigator On

Year	Title
2009	The human face as an evolved signalling system Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Available as Research Supervisor

Potential Supervision Topics

Visual Cognition
Face recognition: familiarity, image factors, individual differences
Facial expressions
Face-based trait judgements

Teaching Activities

PSYC236 - Cognition & Perception Coordinator, Lecturer, Tutor
PSYC327 Advanced Topics in Cognition Coordinator, Lecturer, Tutor

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy (Clinical Psychology)	Schizotypy, Social Factors, and Social Functioning
Doctor of Philosophy	An Investigation of the Cognitive Processes Underlying Facial Expression Recognition	Keough, Emily
Doctor of Philosophy	Investigating the Image Variability Advantage in Face Recognition	Hunnisett, Niamh
Doctor of Philosophy	School- and family-related problems among gifted students in intermediate schools in Saudi Arabia	Alomair, Aisha

Education And Training

Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology, University of Wollongong, School of Psychology, Perceiving and recognizing novel objects: Detecting configural, switch and shape changes

Teaching Overview

My teaching activities span both local and international contexts. I have held the role of Academic Program Director for the Bachelor of Psychological Science in Singapore (SIM) since 2018. As APD, I lead a team of academic and professional staff from on- and off-shore locations to monitor and maintain academic quality, standards, and integrity. I am closely involved in student mobility programs (study tour and semester exchange) for psychology students at UOW and SIM. I have coordinated and taught in a variety of undergraduate psychology subjects in both onshore (Wollongong) and offshore (Singapore) UOW locations. Subjects taught include Introductory Psychology, Perception, Statistics, and (primarily in) Cognition. In the third year Cognition subject that I coordinate, I have developed a teaching program to improve teaching outcomes as well as lay the foundations for future skill transferability.

Keywords

Visual cognition; Perception; Face recognition; Facial expressions; Unfamiliar face matching; Viewpoint effects; Social functioning

Full Name

Dr Simone Favelle

Mailing Address

Northfields Ave

Wollongong

NSW

2522

Australia

Top Publications

Year	Title
2018	View specific generalisation effects in face recognition: Front and yaw comparison views are better than pitch Published in PLoS One
2017	About Face: Matching Unfamiliar Faces Across Rotations of View and Lighting Published in i-Perception
2017	The other-race effect in face learning: Using naturalistic images to investigate face ethnicity effects in a learning paradigm Published in Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
2016	Holistic processing of face configurations and components Published in Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
2015	Dynamic composite faces are processed holistically Published in Vision Research
2014	The composite effect in static and dynamic familiar face perception Published in i-Perception
2013	Holistic processing for other-race faces in Chinese participants occurs for upright but not inverted faces Published in Frontiers in Psychology
2013	Importance of the inverted control in measuring holistic face processing with the composite effect and part-whole effect Published in Frontiers in Psychology
2012	The face inversion effect following pitch and yaw rotations: investigating the boundaries of holistic processing. Published in Frontiers in Psychology
2011	Face viewpoint effects about three axes: the role of configural and featural processing Published in Perception

Research Areas

1701 - PSYCHOLOGY

Research Overview

Faces convey socially useful information such as identity, sex, race and emotion. How do we tell who someone is and how can we tell what they are feeling? How do we do this when the incoming visual information is constantly changing with viewpoint and lighting? And how might our ability to recognise faces and facial expressions of emotion affect social functioning? My research is in the area of visual cognition and focuses on the perceptual, cognitive, and social processes involved in face recognition. Face recognition is a fundamental social skill, but it is also critical for information, community (policing), and border security. My research aims to understand how the human visual system achieves face recognition in challenging conditions, which in turn will benefit special populations, professional groups and computer algorithm development.

Member Of

The Vision Sciences Society
CBAB (Cognitive Bases of Atypical Behaviour) Member 2018 - 2020
Australasian Society for Experimental Psychology Member 2004 - 2020

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2022	Emphasizing Transferable Skills in Undergraduate Cognitive Psychology is Associated With Higher Grades Published In Teaching of Psychology
2021	The Effect of Image Variability on Matching Unfamiliar Own and Other-Race Faces Published In Journal of Vision
2021	The cross-lagged relationship between loneliness, social support, and psychotic-like experiences in young adults Published In Cognitive Neuropsychiatry
2021	The intentionality bias in schizotypy: a social matter Published In Cognitive Neuropsychiatry
2021	Within-person variability can improve the identification of unfamiliar faces across changes in viewpoint Published In Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
2018	View specific generalisation effects in face recognition: Front and yaw comparison views are better than pitch Published In PLoS One
2017	About Face: Matching Unfamiliar Faces Across Rotations of View and Lighting Published In i-Perception
2017	The other-race effect in face learning: Using naturalistic images to investigate face ethnicity effects in a learning paradigm Published In Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
2016	Dynamic facial expressions are processed holistically, but not more holistically than static facial expressions Published In Cognition and Emotion
2016	Holistic processing of face configurations and components Published In Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
2015	Change magnitude does not guide attention in an object change detection task Published In Perception
2015	Dynamic composite faces are processed holistically Published In Vision Research
2014	The composite effect in static and dynamic familiar face perception Published In i-Perception
2013	Holistic processing for other-race faces in Chinese participants occurs for upright but not inverted faces Published In Frontiers in Psychology
2013	Importance of the inverted control in measuring holistic face processing with the composite effect and part-whole effect Published In Frontiers in Psychology
2012	The face inversion effect following pitch and yaw rotations: investigating the boundaries of holistic processing. Published In Frontiers in Psychology
2011	Face viewpoint effects about three axes: the role of configural and featural processing Published In Perception
2011	No own-race advantage for holistic face processing in Chinese participants. Published In Journal of Vision
2011	Why are face composites difficult to recognize? Published In Journal of Vision
2010	The time course of configural change detection for novel 3-D objects Published In Attention, Perception and Psychophysics
2008	Effects of scenery, lighting, glideslope and experience on timing the landing flare Published In Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied
2008	The 2003 Australian Breast Health Survey: Survey Design and Preliminary Results Published In BMC Public Health
2008	Time-To-Contact Perception During Simulated Night Landing Published In The International Journal of Aviation Psychology
2007	Attention to configural information in change detection for faces Published In Perception
2007	Things are looking up: differential decline in face recognition following pitch and yaw rotation Published In Perception

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2015	Holistic processing of left-right and top-bottom composite faces Published In Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference 2015
2015	Unfamiliar faces engaged in non-rigid motion are processed holistically Published In Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference 2015
2014	Composite effects for static and dynamic facial expressions Published In Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society Volume 19
2014	Composite effects for static and dynamic facial expressions Published In 41st Annual Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference, Brisbane: Abstracts for all Presentations at the Meeting
2014	We can be happy upside down: Inversion effects for static and dynamic facial expressions Published In 41st Annual Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference, Brisbane: Abstracts for all Presentations at the Meeting
2013	The short and the tall of it: The role of viewer height in recognising faces viewed from above and below. Published In Experimental Psychology Conference 2013
2012	Generalisation from three-quarter views of faces in the yaw and pitch axes. Published In 39th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference
2012	The role of motion in recognising facial expressions. Published In Combined Abstracts of 2012 Australian Psychology Conferences
2011	Is holistic/configural processing restricted to human faces? Published In Combined Abstracts of 2011 Australian Psychology Conferences
2010	Face(book) perception: Is the own-race advantage due to perceptual learning? Published In Journal of Vision
2010	The utility of different object properties in change detection Published In ASCS09: Proceedings of the 9th Conference of the Australasian Society for Cognitive Science
2009	Matching faces across rotations in view and lighting Published In 9th Conference of the Australasian Society for Cognitive Science: abstracts
2009	Object change detection: effects of attention, change magnitude and part addition or deletion Published In 36th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference
2008	Face recognition following rotation about three axes Published In Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision
2007	Navigating the boundary of face space: What kind of stimulus is a face? Published In Journal of Vision

Investigator On

Year	Title
2009	The human face as an evolved signalling system Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Potential Supervision Topics

Visual Cognition
Face recognition: familiarity, image factors, individual differences
Facial expressions
Face-based trait judgements

Teaching Activities

PSYC236 - Cognition & Perception Coordinator, Lecturer, Tutor
PSYC327 Advanced Topics in Cognition Coordinator, Lecturer, Tutor

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy (Clinical Psychology)	Schizotypy, Social Factors, and Social Functioning
Doctor of Philosophy	An Investigation of the Cognitive Processes Underlying Facial Expression Recognition	Keough, Emily
Doctor of Philosophy	Investigating the Image Variability Advantage in Face Recognition	Hunnisett, Niamh
Doctor of Philosophy	School- and family-related problems among gifted students in intermediate schools in Saudi Arabia	Alomair, Aisha

Education And Training

Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology, University of Wollongong, School of Psychology, Perceiving and recognizing novel objects: Detecting configural, switch and shape changes

Teaching Overview

My teaching activities span both local and international contexts. I have held the role of Academic Program Director for the Bachelor of Psychological Science in Singapore (SIM) since 2018. As APD, I lead a team of academic and professional staff from on- and off-shore locations to monitor and maintain academic quality, standards, and integrity. I am closely involved in student mobility programs (study tour and semester exchange) for psychology students at UOW and SIM. I have coordinated and taught in a variety of undergraduate psychology subjects in both onshore (Wollongong) and offshore (Singapore) UOW locations. Subjects taught include Introductory Psychology, Perception, Statistics, and (primarily in) Cognition. In the third year Cognition subject that I coordinate, I have developed a teaching program to improve teaching outcomes as well as lay the foundations for future skill transferability.

Keywords

Visual cognition; Perception; Face recognition; Facial expressions; Unfamiliar face matching; Viewpoint effects; Social functioning

Full Name

Dr Simone Favelle

Mailing Address

Northfields Ave

Wollongong

NSW

2522

Australia

Geographic Location

Wollongong, NSW, Australia

Located In Facility

Building 41, Room G47

Orcid Id

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9851-3909 (pending confirmation)

Scopus Id

12041788500

Overview

Top Publications

Research Areas

Research Overview

Available as Research Supervisor

Affiliation

Member Of

Publications

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Conference Paper

Funding

Investigator On

Supervision

Available as Research Supervisor

Potential Supervision Topics

Teaching Activities

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Background

Education And Training

Teaching Overview

Keywords

Contact

Full Name

Mailing Address

Geographic Location

Located In Facility

Identity

Orcid Id

Scopus Id

Overview

Top Publications

Research Areas

Research Overview

Affiliation

Member Of

Publications

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Conference Paper

Funding

Investigator On

Supervision

Potential Supervision Topics

Teaching Activities

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Background

Education And Training

Teaching Overview

Keywords

Contact

Full Name

Mailing Address

Geographic Location

Located In Facility

Identity

Orcid Id

Scopus Id

Visualisations

Research Areas