The Capacity for Face Perception is Independent of the Capacity for Face Memory

Although it would not seem implausible for face recognition proficiency to reflect capacities for both perceptual differentiation of faces as well as memory for faces, rigorous, quantitative assessments of whether these capacities are correlated or independent across individuals have not been assessed. We addressed this issue in a delayed match-to-sample task. Participants viewed a computer-generated face (the sample) and after 0, 4 or 12...