2. Introduction Previous research has looked at facial recognition in terms of: Race Age Faces versus other objects Facial expression Black and white versus color photographs
3. Hypothesis The faces of adults will be remembered better than the faces of infants by college students.
4. Participants 27 Psychology 100 students ages 18-22 25 participants were White 7 participants were male 20 participants were female
5. Materials Powerpoint presentations 10 infant faces 10 original infant faces plus 14 new faces 10 adult faces 10 original adult faces plus 14 new faces Answer sheet One column for adult faces One column for infant faces
6. Procedure Participants viewed a slideshow with 10 infant faces Participants viewed a second slideshow with the 10 original faces plus 14 new faces Participants recorded which faces had previously been seen The same process was repeated with the adult faces
7. Results Within-subjects ANOVA showed a significant difference between infant and adult faces F= 5.102 P= .033 Adult accuracy Mean=21.7778 S.D.= 3.15416 Infant accuracy Mean=23.1852 S.D.= .83376
8. Conclusion Given the results of the Within-Subjects ANOVA, it appears that participants better remembered the infant faces as opposed to the adult faces.
