Age-related differences in face recognition: Neural correlates of repetition and semantic priming in young and older adults.

Wiese, Holger; Komes, Jessica; Tüttenberg, Simone C.; Leidinger, J; Schweinberger, Stefan R.

doi:10.1037/xlm0000380

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“…Accordingly, compromised face processing may be especially due to changes in early perceptual and/or representational processing stages. This would be in agreement with theories of cognitive aging that suggest declines in perceptual processes and spared semantic knowledge (Craik and Bialystok, 2006;Ofen and Shing, 2013;Wiese et al, 2017).…”

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“…This pattern is reminiscent of findings by Scott et al (2006; and Tanaka and Pierce (2009): For objects or faces, their participants learned to classify different exemplars at either a basic (e.g., wading bird, owl) or a subordinate level (e.g., egret, snowy owl Cognitive abilities can be differentially affected by age-related declines (Baltes, 1987;Cattell, 1971;Craik and Bialystok, 2006). Older adults may show impaired episodic memory, but preserved semantic memory (Ofen and Shing, 2013, see also Wiese et al, 2017). Intriguingly, our effects in the (Duarte et al, 2006), especially when recognizing newly learned faces , and when source memory was important (Duarte et al, 2006;Li et al, 2004;Swick et al, 2006).…”

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“…Diagnostic and chronometric approaches like EEG can help to distinguish between those possibilities (Hildebrandt et al, 2011;Pfütze et al, 2002;Wiese et al, 2017). Whereas expertise-related modulation of face-sensitive ERP components by same-and other-race faces (Komes et al, 2014) and access to semantic representations in memory seem to be unaffected by age (Wiese et al, 2017), there are conflicting results as to whether perceptual aspects of holistic face processing are compromised (Wiese et al, 2013) or spared (Boutet and Faubert, 2006;Meinhardt-Injac et al, 2014). However, access to domain-specific and domain-general representations of familiar persons that are crucial for successful face recognition seems to work less efficiently.…”

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Enhancement of face-sensitive ERPs in older adults induced by face recognition training

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A common cognitive problem reported by older people is compromised face recognition, which is often paralleled by age-related changes in face-sensitive and memory-related components in event-related brain potentials (ERPs). We developed a new training using photorealistic caricatures based on evidence that caricatures are beneficial for people with compromised face processing. Twenty-four older participants (62-75 yrs, 13 female) completed 12 training sessions (3 per week, 60 min each) and 24 older participants (61-76 yrs, 12 female) acted as controls. Before and after training (or waiting), participants took part in a diagnostic test battery for face processing abilities, and in ERP experiments on face learning and recognition. Although performance improvements during the training provided little evidence for generalization to other face processing tasks, ERPs showed substantial training-related enhancements of face-sensitive ERPs. Specifically, we observed marked increases of the N170, P200 and N250 components, which may indicate training-induced enhancement of face detection and activation of identity-specific representations. Thus, neuronal correlates of face processing are plastic in older age, and can be modulated by caricature training.

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“…However, recent studies suggest that semantic processing may decline with age [ 8 ]. Some studies observed decreased accuracy in semantic tasks which require an explicit use of semantic knowledge in elderly as compared to younger adults [ 9 , 10 , 11 ], whereas other studies found similar accuracy for both age groups (e.g., [ 12 , 13 , 14 ]). This raises the consequential question of whether such potential decline in semantic processing in healthy aging is similar or not (and, if so, to which extent) to the observed deficits in AD.…”

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Semantic Processing in Healthy Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease: A Systematic Review of the N400 Differences

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Semantic deficits are common in individuals with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). These deficits notably impact the ability to understand words. In healthy aging, semantic knowledge increases but semantic processing (i.e., the ability to use this knowledge) may be impaired. This systematic review aimed to investigate semantic processing in healthy aging and AD through behavioral responses and the N400 brain event-related potential. The results of the quantitative and qualitative analyses suggested an overall decrease in accuracy and increase in response times in healthy elderly as compared to young adults, as well as in individuals with AD as compared to age-matched controls. The influence of semantic association, as measured by N400 effect amplitudes, appears smaller in healthy aging and even more so in AD patients. Thus, semantic processing differences may occur in both healthy and pathological aging. The establishment of norms of healthy aging for these outcomes that vary between normal and pathological aging could eventually help early detection of AD.

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“…The fact that younger adults are better in identifying contemporary famous persons [29] led to the assumption that older adults are less adapt in accessing semantic knowledge. However, a recent study showed that semantic priming was intact in older adults [30]. In the current study, we used anonymous images of faces from different age groups and ethnicities that were collected in Dallas, Texas, USA [14].…”

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Faster and More Accurate Identification of Male Faces in Female Care Home Residents

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We investigated whether healthy older adults who live in female-dominated old age care homes can identify the gender of male and female faces of people from different ethnicities in the same way as young adults. We hypothesized that this mainly female environment would lead by exposure to a female-gender bias. A sample of 40 participants aged 20-30 and 70-80 years identified the sex-of-face of 120 images of young and old adults, male and female faces, black and white faces, presented in a randomized sequence in a self-paced computer task. The young group was significantly more accurate and faster than the older group in sex-of-face identification. Men's faces were identified as male faster than female faces as female by both young and old adults. Men's faces were also more accurately identified by younger adults, but in care home residents, this was only the case for faces of young white and older black men. Faces of white older women were identified more accurately than those of black older women by the care home residents, especially in the women-only sample when men were excluded from statistical analysis. Because the known masculinity bias in women prevailed beyond the menopause, it is discussed whether rather than fertility hormones, women's testosterone would be a likely candidate explaining the male advantage in sex-of-face identification throughout the lifespan .

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Age-related differences in face recognition: Neural correlates of repetition and semantic priming in young and older adults.

Cited by 12 publications

References 107 publications

Enhancement of face-sensitive ERPs in older adults induced by face recognition training

Enhancement of face-sensitive ERPs in older adults induced by face recognition training

Semantic Processing in Healthy Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease: A Systematic Review of the N400 Differences

Faster and More Accurate Identification of Male Faces in Female Care Home Residents

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