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Face‐Recognition Memory: Implications for Children's Eyewitness Testimony
Author(s) -
Chance June E.,
Goldstein Alvin G.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.618
H-Index - 122
eISSN - 1540-4560
pISSN - 0022-4537
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1984.tb01094.x
Subject(s) - psychology , face (sociological concept) , eyewitness testimony , dependability , facial recognition system , identification (biology) , cognitive psychology , eyewitness memory , eyewitness identification , recognition memory , developmental psychology , computer science , recall , cognition , pattern recognition (psychology) , neuroscience , data mining , social science , botany , software engineering , sociology , relation (database) , biology
In this paper we review studies pertaining to face‐recognition memory and attempt to derive implications for assessing the dependability of children's performances as eyewitnesses. The small amount of data concerning children's performances in either identification parades or in laboratory face memory studies is reviewed; a somewhat more extensive, but still modest, literature concerning the performance of adults in these same contexts is examined in an attempt to draw useful generalizations about face recognition applicable to children. Throughout, we identify important developmental questions for future research.