Where cognitive development and aging meet: Face learning ability peaks after age 30

Cognition

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 201-210

  Germine, Laura T ^a   Duchaine, Bradley ^b   Nakayama, Ken ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult development; Cognitive development; Face recognition; Individual differences; Visual recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DATA ANALYSIS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CHILD; COGNITION; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651109531     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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