Age differences in accuracy and choosing in eyewitness identification and face recognition

被引:106
作者
Searcy, JH
Bartlett, JC
Memon, A
机构
[1] Univ Texas, Sch Human Dev, Richardson, TX 75083 USA
[2] Univ Southampton, Southampton, Hants, England
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D O I
10.3758/BF03211547
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
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04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Studies of aging and face recognition show age-related increases in false recognitions of new faces. To explore implications of this false alarm effect, we had young and senior adults perform (1) three eyewitness identification tasks, using both target present and target absent lineups, and (2) an old/new recognition task in which a study list of faces was followed by a test including old and new faces, along with conjunctions of old faces. Compared with the young, seniors had lower accuracy and higher choosing rates on the lineups, and they also falsely recognized more new faces on the recognition test. However, after screening for perceptual processing deficits, there was no age difference in false recognition of conjunctions, or in discriminating old faces from conjunctions. We conclude that the false alarm effect generalizes to lineup identification, but does not extend to conjunction faces. The findings are consistent with age-related deficits in recollection of context and relative age invariance in perceptual integrative processes underlying the experience of familiarity.
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