Interference resolution in face perception and name retrieval

Ferreira, Catarina S.; Marful, Alejandra; Bajo, M. Teresa

doi:10.1016/j.actpsy.2014.09.012

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“…In conclusion, these norms are expected to be a valuable tool in many cognitive areas such as psycholinguistics (e.g., [ 22 , 26 , 28 ]), memory (e.g., [ 90 ]), face processing (e.g., [ 36 – 39 ]), healthy and pathological aging [ 20 , 29 – 33 , 91 , 92 ], or studies about emotion [ 48 , 93 ]. In spite of the usefulness of this type of norms in a wide range of areas, we must notice a series of limitations of the specific set of celebrities produced in each normative study.…”

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A normative study for photographs of celebrities in Spain

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Research on familiar faces has recurrently been conducted in different domains, such as, psycholinguistics, memory, attention, face processing, aging studies, etc. In general, photographs of celebrities, their proper names, or their occupations have been the materials mainly employed in those types of studies. These stimuli are, however, very constrained by the geographic and sociocultural contexts in which the studies are conducted, and, in spite of their relevance for psychological research, there are no normative studies for celebrities in Spain. With the aim of filling this gap, the photographs and names of the 118 most frequently produced celebrities in Spain were collected. For each celebrity, values for 13 different indices (including psycholinguistic properties, naming times, and emotional indicators) were obtained from a young adult Spanish sample. Regression analyses on the data indicated that the main determinant in naming times and ToTs was the percentage of correct responses. Face agreement was also a significant predictor of ToTs. Results were compared with previous celebrity norms in other languages, and discussed in relation to the current models of face processing. These norms are likely to make a useful contribution to the design of more controlled research and applied tools in Psychology.

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“…Faces were divided into eight occupational categories (male: actors, politicians, football players, writers, and TV hosts; female: singers, royalty members, and tabloid stars). These materials had been used in previous experiments (Ferreira et al, 2014a(Ferreira et al, , 2014b and were originally chosen from a pilot study that served the purpose of evaluating each item's familiarity.…”

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Theta oscillations show impaired interference detection in the elderly during selective memory retrieval

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Seemingly effortless tasks, such as recognizing faces and retrieving names, become significantly harder as people get older. These age-related difficulties may be partially due to the concurrent activation of related competitors. However, it remains unclear whether older adults struggle with detecting an early interference signal or with suppressing irrelevant competitors once competition is detected. To investigate this question, we used the retrieval practice paradigm, shown to elicit interference, while recording electrophysiological activity in young and older adults. In two experiments, young participants showed the typical Retrieval Induced Forgetting (RIF) effect whereas the elderly did not. Neurally, young adults were more capable to detect interference than the older, as evidenced by an increase in midfrontal theta power (~4-8Hz). This efficient interference detection allowed young adults to recruit inhibitory mechanisms that overcome competition, as traced by a theta power reduction across retrieval cycles. No such reduction was found for the elderly, indicating that the lack of an early interference detection signal renders older adults unable to recruit memory selection mechanisms, eliminating RIF.

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“…Faces were divided into eight occupational categories (male: actors, politicians, football players, writers, and TV hosts; female: singers, royalty members, and tabloid stars). These materials had been used in previous experiments 47,68 and were originally chosen from a pilot study that served the purpose of evaluating each item’s familiarity. Pictures were selected so that they had the highest familiarity values, provided they did not share the first two letters of the corresponding name.…”

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Theta oscillations show impaired interference detection in older adults during selective memory retrieval

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Seemingly effortless tasks, such as recognizing faces and retrieving names, become harder as we age. Such difficulties may be due to the competition generated in memory by irrelevant information that comes to mind when trying to recall a specific face or name. It is unknown, however, whether age-related struggles in retrieving these representations stem from an inability to detect competition in the first place, or from being unable to suppress competing information once interference is detected. To investigate this, we used the retrieval practice paradigm, shown to elicit memory interference, while recording electrophysiological activity in young and older adults. In two experiments, young participants showed Retrieval-Induced Forgetting (RIF), reflecting the suppression of competing information, whereas older adults did not. Neurally, mid-frontal theta power (~4–8 Hz) during the first retrieval cycle, a proxy for interference detection, increased in young compared to older adults, indicating older adults were less capable of detecting interference. Moreover, while theta power was reduced across practice cycles in younger adults, a measure of interference resolution, older adults did not show such a reduction. Thus, in contrast with younger adults, the lack of an early interference detection signal rendered older adults unable to recruit memory selection mechanisms, eliminating RIF.

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Interference resolution in face perception and name retrieval

Cited by 7 publications

References 55 publications

A normative study for photographs of celebrities in Spain

A normative study for photographs of celebrities in Spain

Theta oscillations show impaired interference detection in the elderly during selective memory retrieval

Theta oscillations show impaired interference detection in older adults during selective memory retrieval

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