Interactions between Identity and Emotional Expression in Face Processing across the Lifespan: Evidence from Redundancy Gains.

ABSTRACT: We tested how aging affects the integration of visual information from faces. Three groups of participants aged 20-30, 40-50, and 60-70 performed a divided attention task in which they had to detect the presence of a target facial identity or a target facial expression. Three target stimuli were used: (1) with the target identity but not the target expression, (2) with the target expression but not the target identity, and (3) with both the target identity and target expression (the redundant target condition). On nontarget trials the faces contained neither the target identity nor expression. All groups were faster in responding to a face containing both the target identity and emotion compared to faces containing either single target. Furthermore the redundancy gains for combined targets

SUBMITTER: Yankouskaya A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4009258 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature