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Face recognition's practical relevance: social bonds, not social butterflies

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dc.contributor.authorEngfors, L.M.
dc.contributor.authorWilmer, J.
dc.contributor.authorPalermo, R.
dc.contributor.authorGignac, G.E.
dc.contributor.authorGermine, L.T.
dc.contributor.authorJeffery, L.
dc.date.issued2024
dc.descriptionData source: Supplementary data, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2024.105816
dc.description.abstractResearch on individual differences in face recognition has provided important foundational insights: their broad range, cognitive specificity, strong heritability, and resilience to change. Elusive, however, has been the key issue of practical relevance: do these individual differences correlate with aspects of life that go beyond the recognition of faces, per se? Though often assumed, especially in social realms, such correlates remain largely theoretical, without empirical support. Here, we investigate an array of potential social correlates of face recognition. We establish social relationship quality as a reproducible correlate. This link generalises across face recognition tasks and across independent samples. In contrast, we detect no robust association with the sheer quantity of social connections, whether measured directly via number of social contacts or indirectly via extraversion-related personality indices. These findings document the existence of a key social correlate of face recognition and provide some of the first evidence to support its practical relevance. At the same time, they challenge the naive assumption that face recognition relates equally to all social outcomes. In contrast, they suggest a focused link of face recognition to the quality, not quantity, of one's social connections.
dc.identifier.citationCognition, 2024; 250(105816):1-15
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.cognition.2024.105816
dc.identifier.issn0010-0277
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11541.2/39230
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier BV
dc.relation.fundingARC 110001021CE
dc.relation.fundingNational Science Foundation 1624891
dc.relation.fundingNational Institutes of Health R01MH121617
dc.rightsCopyright 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2024.105816
dc.subjectextraversion
dc.subjectsocial network size
dc.subjectsocial network quality
dc.subjectface identity recognition memory ability
dc.titleFace recognition's practical relevance: social bonds, not social butterflies
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished
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