Sex Influence on Face Recognition Memory Moderated by Presentation Duration and Reencoding

Neuropsychology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 806-813

  Weirich, Sebastian ^a   Hoffmann, Ferdinand ^b   Meißner, Lucia ^c   Heinz, Andreas ^d   Bengner, Thomas ^d  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Episodic memory; Face recognition memory; Remember know paradigm; Sex differences; Short term versus long term memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82855171507     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025633     Document Type: Article

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