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Face cognition abilities, including perception and memory, decline with age. The speed of face cognition shows the earliest decline, starting in the early 30s.

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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Developmental psychology

Background:

  • Face perception and memory are crucial social skills.
  • Understanding age-related changes in these abilities is limited.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate age-related changes in face perception, face memory, and the speed of face cognition.
  • To examine how these abilities change across the adult lifespan.

Main Methods:

  • A sample of 448 adults (18-88 years) completed 15 face cognition tasks.
  • Structural equation modeling was used to analyze age-related changes in face cognition.
  • Measurement invariance across age was established.

Main Results:

  • Factor loadings and intercepts for face cognition measures were age-invariant.
  • Mean performance significantly decreased with age for all face cognition factors.
  • Age-related decrements were most pronounced in the speed of face cognition, followed by face perception and face memory.

Conclusions:

  • Significant age-related declines occur in face perception, face memory, and their speed.
  • The onset of these declines varies, with speed declining earliest (early 30s), followed by memory (late 40s), and perception (60s).
  • Findings have implications for understanding social cognition across the lifespan and in applied settings.