Memory-related ERP components for experimentally learned faces and names: characteristics and parallel-test reliabilities.
Previous research with preexperimentally familiar faces and names has identified several memory-related components in the event-related potential (ERP). Here we aimed to characterize these components while controlling the quality of long-term memory with a standardized learning procedure for unfamiliar faces and names. After 1 week, recognition was tested in a repetition priming paradigm. Both early repetition effects (ERE/N250r) and old/new effects had very similar time course and domain-related scalp topographies as has been reported for preexperimentally familiar stimuli. The late repetition effects (LRE/N400) showed domain-specific scalp topographies, possibly reflecting the greater ease of deriving semantic codes from faces. Importantly, parallel-test reliabilities of performance and memory-related ERP components were high, thus demonstrating the utility of face learning for formal assessment procedures in person recognition.
Herzmann
Grit
G
Department of Psychology, Humboldt-University at Berlin, Germany. grit.herzmann@cms.gu-berlin.de
Sommer
Werner
W
D000328:Adult; D003463:Cues; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D005145:Face; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology