Face Distinctiveness and Delayed Testing
Differential Effects on Performance and Confidence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10124576 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mitchell M Metzger (Ashland University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 133 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 209-216 |
| Publication date | 2006-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of General Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-1309 • E-ISSN: 1940-0888 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3200/genp.133.2.209-216 |
| PMID | 16705913 |
| OpenAlex | W2088206416 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 11 |
The author investigated the effect of delayed testing on participants' memory for distinctive and typical faces. Participants viewed distinctive and typical faces and were then tested for recognition immediately or after a delay of 3, 6, or 12 weeks. Consistent with prior research, analysis of measure of sensitivity (d') showed that participants performed better on distinctive rather than typical faces, and memory performance declined with longer retention intervals between study and testing. Furthermore, the superior performance on distinctive faces had vanished by the 12-week test. Contrary to d' data, however, an analysis of confidence scores indicated that participants were still significantly more confident on trials depicting distinctive faces, even with a 12-week delay between study and recognition testing
Audiology · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Confidence interval · Facial recognition system · Memory test · Optimal distinctiveness theory · Pattern recognition (psychology · Recognition memory · Statistics · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Face Recognition and Perception · Mathematics · Medicine · Memory Processes and Influences · Neuroscience · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2011 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |