ABSTRACT
This chapter sets what we can do with faces into the broader context of other cues that support interpersonal interaction. A key requirement is that, having recognised someone (often from their face), we bring to mind pertinent information about that individual. The chapter discusses how this is done and how attempts have been made to create models that can simulate key aspects of this process. It shows how the most successful of these models offer a good fit to well-established patterns of priming and other effects and can be extended to encompass previously puzzling findings demonstrating covert recognition in prosopagnosia. The role of emotional responses in recognition is evaluated, leading to a more wide-ranging discussion of how different sources of information (especially faces and voices) are combined in interpersonal perception, set in an overarching perspective that emphasises how the demands of our everyday lives shape the resulting functional organisation.
