title: An Age-Related Dissociation of Short-Term Memory for Facial Identity and Facial Emotional Expression.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  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.
  
  
  METHODS
  Memory sets of 1, 2, or 3 faces were presented, which were followed by a probe after a 3-s retention interval.
  
  
  RESULTS
  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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Scripps College, Claremont, California. alan.hartley@scrippscollege.edu.
authors.forename: Alan A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Hartley
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Scripps College, Claremont, California.
authors.forename: Zoe
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ravich
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Scripps College, Claremont, California.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stringer
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Scripps College, Claremont, California.
authors.forename: Katherine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wiley
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology; D005145:Face; D005149:Facial Expression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008570:Memory, Short-Term / Q000502:physiology*; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology*; D012938:Social Perception; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Aging; Delayed match-to-sample; Facial expression; Facial identity; Short-term memory