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Comparative Study
. 2005 Dec;12(6):1043-7.
doi: 10.3758/bf03206441.

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

Jeffrey S Anastasi  1 , Matthew G Rhodes
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Comparative Study

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

Jeffrey S Anastasi et al. Psychon Bull Rev. 2005 Dec.

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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