In the paper, we investigated the effects of movement on unfamiliar face recognition. Stimuli were shaded faces generated from 3-D data points recorded by the 3-D movement recorder. In Experiment 1, the stimulus was a static image or a facial motion sequence. The results revealed that facial motion displays were less advantageous than static displays. Experiment 2 and 3 examined the effects of facial motion and rigid rotation on face recognition when a light source position changed. It was found that the facial motion information was still disadvantageous, while the recognition performance for rigid rotation displays was as high as that for static displays. These results suggest that these two movements have different effects on face recognition.
