Dear All
Please see the attached and info pasted below about a
call for papers for a new thematic series for Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications (CRPI) - the open access journal of the Psychonomic Society on
‘Face coverings: Considering the implications for face perception and speech communication’
Guest editors
Dr Karen Lander – University of Manchester (UK),
Karen.Lander@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Dr Gabrielle Saunders – University of Manchester (UK),
Gabrielle.Saunders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The proposed thematic series will highlight new work that characterizes the consequences of face masks on (a) the recognition
and interpretation of facial expressions and emotions, (b) communication and social interactions, and (c) human and computational identity recognition and disguise. These will be addressed within the broad context of ways in which face perception and communication
may change, comparisons of the social impact of face coverings in societies in which they are common versus those in which they are a new phenomenon, and changes in perceived interpersonal communication. The overall goal is to develop accounts of how and why
face coverings influence our face perception and speech communication, with specific attention to the relevant cognitive and behavioural mechanisms, as well as the practical implications and limitations.
Background: In response to the global covid-10 pandemic, many governments around the world around the world
required (or strongly) recommended the wearing of face coverings (masks) in public spaces – many of these restrictions remain in place today. While the wearing of face coverings to prevent spread of disease is fairly common in some Asian countries, it seems
likely that their use elsewhere will continue, even after the immediate risk of covid-19 subsides.
Face coverings obscure the mouth and nose area of the face, leaving just the eye area exposed. As a result,
they limit the information that a listener/observer can obtain from the face. This impacts perception of facial expressions and emotions, as well as access to cues for lip reading. Indeed, wearing a mask is known to conceal cues to human _expression_ recognition
(Carbon et al., 2020) and adversely affects human interaction and communication (Saunders et al., 2020; Wild & Korneld, 2021). Wearing a mask muffles the sound of the voice and makes it more challenging to understand speech by covering up cues to speech available
from the face (Mheidly, Fares, Zalzale
& Fares, 2020). Furthermore, there are reports of difficulties of matching for identity when face coverings
are worn (Carragher & Hancock, 2020) and crimes being conducted with face coverings being used a means of disguise (Babwin & Dazio, 2020; Southall & Van Syskle, 2020). Face masks also present a challenge to computational face and speech recognition systems
and algorithms, leading to problems in identity verification and speech recognition (Ngan, Grother & Hanaoka, 2020).
If you have questions as to whether your work would be a good fit for this Article Collection, we welcome presubmission inquiries. Please send an abstract
and inquiry to one of the Editors.
For manuscripts accepted for the special issue, the publication fee may be fully or partially waived depending on the number of manuscripts accepted
for the special issue. The authors should indicate when they submit a manuscript if they are requesting a waiver of the publication fee.
CRPI
is the open access journal of the Psychonomic Society. Its mission is to publish
use-inspired basic research: fundamental cognitive research that grows from hypotheses about real-world problems. As with
all Psychonomic Society journals, submissions to CRPI are subject to rigorous peer review.
Questions about fees can be directed to the Editor-in-Chief, Jeremy Wolfe,
jwolfe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Deadline: manuscripts should be submitted before
September 1, 2021
You can find manuscript submission details at
http://cognitiveresearchjournal.springeropen.com/submission-guidelines/preparing-yourmanuscript
Gabrielle H. Saunders PhD I
Senior Research Fellow
Gabrielle.saunders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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