Forgetting faces over a week: investigating self-reported face recognition ability and personality.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although face recognition is now well studied, few researchers have considered the nature of forgetting over longer time periods. Here, I investigated how newly learned faces were recognised over the course of one week. In addition, I considered whether self-reported face recognition ability, as well as Big Five personality dimensions, were able to predict actual performance in a recognition task.

Methods

In this experiment (N = 570), faces were learned through short video interviews, and these identities were later presented in a recognition test (using previously unseen images) after no delay, six hours, twelve hours, one day, or seven days.

Results

The majority of forgetting took place within the first 24 hours, with no significant decrease after

SUBMITTER: Kramer RSS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8288112 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature