PRIOR KNOWLEDGE AND FACE RECOGNITION IN A COMMUNITY-BASED SAMPLE OF HEALTHY, VERY OLD ADULTS

被引:40
作者
WAHLIN, A
BACKMAN, L
MANTYLA, T
HERLITZ, A
VIITANEN, M
WINBLAD, B
机构
[1] STOCKHOLM GERONTOL RES CTR,PSYCHOL SECT,DALAGATAN 9-11,S-11382 STOCKHOLM,SWEDEN
[2] KAROLINSKA INST,DEPT GERIATR MED,S-10401 STOCKHOLM 60,SWEDEN
[3] UNIV STOCKHOLM,DEPT PSYCHOL,S-10691 STOCKHOLM,SWEDEN
[4] STOCKHOLM GERONTOL RES CTR,MED SECT,STOCKHOLM,SWEDEN
来源
JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY | 1993年 / 48卷 / 02期
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D O I
10.1093/geronj/48.2.P54
中图分类号
R4 [临床医学]; R592 [老年病学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100203 ; 100602 ;
摘要
This experiment addressed the effects of prior knowledge on episodic face recognition in a community-based sample of healthy older adults from 75 to 96 years of age (N = 228). Subjects were presented with photographs of public Swedish individuals who attained their fame during the 1930s and 1940s, or during the 1980s. Results indicated an overall deterioration of face recognition performance across age. However, performance was higher with the dated than with the contemporary faces across the entire age range, suggesting that the ability to utilize prior knowledge in the context of face recognition is well preserved in very old age. Finally, a multiple regression analysis indicated that, among a variety of demographic, psychometric, and biological variables, age was the best predictor of face recognition performance.
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页码:P54 / P61
页数:8
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