PMID: 11931282Apr 5, 2002Paper

Age-related slowing in face and name recognition: evidence from event-related brain potentials

Psychology and Aging
Eva-Maria PfützeStefan R Schweinberger

Abstract

Age-related slowing in recognizing famous names and faces was investigated with event-related brain potentials (ERPs). In a group of young adults, item repetition induced early (220-340 ms) and late (400-700 ms) ERP modulations, apparently signaling the access to, respectively, domain-specific representations of faces and names and domain-general semantic knowledge about the persons. These repetition effects and other ERP components were then used as process-specific time markers in middle-aged and elderly participants. For both faces and names, the elderly participants' responses were slowed, but repetition priming in reaction times was not. The ERP latencies suggested that most of the age-related slowing occurred in the access to domain-specific representations and during response decision, whereas sensory and perceptual processing was largely spared.

Citations

Feb 6, 2004·Biological Psychology·Manuel Martín-LoechesCarlos Fernández-Frías
Dec 29, 2013·Clinical Neurophysiology : Official Journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology·G StothartN Kazanina
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Aug 21, 2004·Psychophysiology·Grit HerzmannInes Jentzsch
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