An own-age bias in face recognition for children and older adults

In the present study, we examined whether children and older adults exhibit an own-age face recognition bias. Participants studied photographs of children, younger adults, middle-aged adults, and older adults and were administered a recognition test. Results showed that both children and older adult...

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Published inPsychonomic bulletin & review Vol. 12; no. 6; pp. 1043 - 1047
Main Authors ANASTASI, Jeffrey S, RHODES, Matthew G
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Austin, TX Psychonomic Society 01.12.2005
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Adult
Adult. Elderly
Age differences
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aging
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child development
Children & youth
Cognition & reasoning
Developmental psychology
Face
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Male
Memory
Middle Aged
Older people
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Recognition (Psychology)
Self Concept
Human
Preschool age
School age
Memory
Adult
Cognition
Face
Child
Elderly
Age
Recognition
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Summary:In the present study, we examined whether children and older adults exhibit an own-age face recognition bias. Participants studied photographs of children, younger adults, middle-aged adults, and older adults and were administered a recognition test. Results showed that both children and older adults more accurately recognized own-age faces than other-age faces. These data suggest that individuals may acquire expertise for identifying faces from their own age group and are discussed in terms of Sporer's (2001) in-group/out-group model of face recognition.
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ISSN:1069-9384
1531-5320
DOI:10.3758/bf03206441