Object identification rarely occurs in isolation. Face perception seems to work the same way. Notice that when seen as ① part of a face presented in Figure A, any bump or line will be sufficient to depict a feature. However, the result may be different when the features are ② separated from the context as shown in Figure B. The features in Figure B are basically ③ identical with those in Figure A, but, out of context, they are less identifiable. As in Figure C, we actually require a more ④ simplified presentation than in Figure B, to identify facial features unambiguously when presented in isolation. Thus, our understanding of context compensates for ⑤ lack of detail in the feature identification process.

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