The Role of Social Cognition in the Own-Age Bias: An Exploration of Individuation and Categorisation Processes

The own-age bias is characterised by better recognition of own-age than other-age faces. While some evidence exists for the role of perceptual-expertise in the bias, little research has evaluated the potential role of social-cognition. Across four studies, this thesis found mixed support for a role...

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Main Author: Cronin, Sophie
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2020
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/81906