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Developmental Improvement and Age-Related Decline in Unfamiliar Face Matching

Megreya, Ahmed M, Bindemann, Markus·2015·Perception

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Age-related changes have been documented widely in studies of face recognition and eyewitness identification. However, it is not clear whether these changes arise from general developmental differences in memory or occur specifically during the perceptual processing of faces. We report two experiments to track such perceptual changes using a 1-in-10 (experiment 1) and 1-in-1 (experiment 2) matching task for unfamiliar faces. Both experiments showed improvements in face matching during childhood and adult-like accuracy levels by adolescence. In addition, face-matching performance declined in adults of the age of 65 years. These findings indicate that developmental improvements and aging-related differences in face processing arise from changes in the perceptual encoding of faces. A clear face inversion effect was also present in all age groups. This indicates that those age-related changes in face matching reflect a quantitative effect, whereby typical face processes are engaged but do not operate at the best-possible level. These data suggest that part of the problem of eyewitness identification in children and elderly persons might reflect impairments in the perceptual processing of unfamiliar faces.

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Authors: Megreya, A. M., & Bindemann, M.
Affiliations: Qatar University (QA)
University of Kent (GB)
Corresponding author: Megreya, Ahmed M
ORCID: Megreya, Ahmed M
Bindemann, Markus
Venue: Perception
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2015-01
Volume: 44
Issue: 1
Pages: 5-22
ISSN: 0301-0066 (ISSN-L)
1468-4233
DOI: 10.1068/p7825
OpenAlex: W1989506694
Cited by: 53
References: 85
Citations by year: 2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 6
FWCI: 3.45
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations: Perception (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent) (acceptedVersion)
Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent) (submittedVersion)
Qatar University QSpace (Qatar University) (submittedVersion)
Topics: Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Face recognition and analysis
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
Keywords: face recognition (cognition), aging, developmental changes, eyewitness identification, face inversion effect, perceptual coding, childhood, older adults, face perception
MeSH terms: Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aging, Child, Face, Female, Humans, Human Development, Individuality, Male, Middle Aged, Pattern Recognition, Visual, Social Perception, Young Adult

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