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Jeffrey S Anastasi1, Matthew G Rhodes
1Social and Behavioral Sciences, Arizona State University at the West Campus, Glendale 85306, USA. jeff.anastasi@asu.edu
Abstract:
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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