An Age-Related Dissociation of Short-Term Memory for Facial Identity and Facial Emotional Expression

The Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences
Alan A HartleyKatherine Wiley

Abstract

Memory for both facial emotional expression and facial identity was explored in younger and older adults in 3 experiments using a delayed match-to-sample procedure. Memory sets of 1, 2, or 3 faces were presented, which were followed by a probe after a 3-s retention interval. There was very little difference between younger and older adults in memory for emotional expressions, but memory for identity was substantially impaired in the older adults. Possible explanations for spared memory for emotional expressions include socioemotional selectivity theory as well as the existence of overlapping yet distinct brain networks for processing of different emotions.

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