Expertise and the own-age bias in face recognition

Previous research has shown that we recognise faces similar in age to ourselves better than older or younger faces (e.g. Anastasi & Rhodes, 2006). The primary aim of this thesis was to investigate this phenomenon in young adults and children to gain further insight into the underlying perceptual...

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Main Author: Harrison, Virginia M.
Published: University of Sussex 2011
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.554564