Structural Invariance and Age-Related Performance Differences in Face Cognition

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 794-810

  Hildebrandt, Andrea ^a   Sommer, Werner ^a   Herzmann, Grit ^a   Wilhelm, Oliver ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Age differences; Age gradients; Age invariance; Face cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FACE; FACE ASYMMETRY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROANATOMY; PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650979275     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019774     Document Type: Article

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