The influence of face age on identification from a video line-up: a comparison between older and younger adults.
A group of young-adult (aged 18-35 years) and older-adult witnesses (aged 61-83 years) viewed films of two similar staged thefts, one that depicted a young culprit and the other an older culprit. After a short delay of 40-60 minutes participants were presented with two separate video line-ups, one for each target. In one line-up the target was present (TP) and the other the target was absent (TA). Older adults performed more poorly in target present and absent line-ups, and showed no own-age bias, however young adults showed an own age advantage for the TA line-ups.
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University of Aberdeen - Psychology, William Guild Building, Kings College, Old Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 2UB, UK. c.havard@abdn.ac.uk
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D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003415:Crime / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall / Q000502:physiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010379:Peer Group; D011287:Prejudice; D021641:Recognition, Psychology / Q000502:physiology*; D014743:Videotape Recording; D055815:Young Adult