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Publication Date: 2008-Aug
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Do All Kids Look Alike? Evidence for an Other-Age Effect in Adults
Kuefner, Dana; Cassia, Viola Macchi; Picozzi, Marta; Bricolo, Emanuela
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, v34 n4 p811-817 Aug 2008
The current study provides evidence for the existence of an other-age effect (OAE), analogous to the well-documented other-race effect. Experiments 1 and 2 demonstrate that adults are better at recognizing adult faces compared with faces of newborns and children. Results from Experiment 3 indicate that the OAE obtained with child faces can be modulated by experience. Moreover, in each of the 3 experiments, differences in the magnitude of the observed face inversion effect for each age class of faces were taken to reflect a difference in the processing strategies used to recognize the faces of each age. Evidence from Experiment 3 indicates that these strategies can be tuned by experience. The data are discussed with reference to an experience-based framework for face recognition. (Contains 4 figures.)
Descriptors: Neonates, Visual Perception, Experimental Psychology, Cognitive Processes, Models, Age Differences, Recognition (Psychology), Memory, Race, Adults, Undergraduate Students, Children, Preschool Teachers, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Italy
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