- Begin with the phenomenon of face recognition. with support from references. Don't say why it's important (we all know that), but focus on how it works. What affects people's ability to remember and recognize faces? What facial features are most important? You may choose one or more approaches such as: infant and child development; evolutionary development (may include primate studies); or facial memory.
- Cite research showing that orientation or position affects recognition. Then introduce the "inversion effect" (in our references, and you may find others): What is it? How does it affect face recognition? What does it tell us about how we analyze and remember faces? What other variables may increase or decrease its effect? (Note: The reason inversion effect is studied is to disrupt the normal experience so researchers can observe what cues people focus on to make recognition easier).
- From these references. lead to the specific aim and hypothesis of this paper. Make the connections between each section logically clear, so that each successive paragraph follows from the one that preceded it, till they naturally point to these hypotheses.
- Aim and hypotheses: The aim is to understand how the face-inversion effect impairs recognition of faces that were seen briefly. The hypothesis is that the mean number of faces recognized will be greater when presented in the upright position than in the inverted position.
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