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Sex Differences in Memory for Faces

Pages 109-125 | Received 08 Dec 1980, Published online: 02 Jul 2010

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Suna Kinnunen, Marit Korkman, Marja Laasonen & Pekka Lahti-Nuuttila. (2013) Development of Face Recognition in 5- to 15-Year-Olds. Journal of Cognition and Development 14:4, pages 617-632.
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BrianH. Bornstein, KennethA. Deffenbacher, StevenD. Penrod & E. Kiernan McGorty. (2012) Effects of exposure time and cognitive operations on facial identification accuracy: a meta-analysis of two variables associated with initial memory strength. Psychology, Crime & Law 18:5, pages 473-490.
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P.A. George, G.J. Hole & M. Scaife. (2000) Factors influencing young children's ability to discriminate unfamiliar faces by age. International Journal of Behavioral Development 24:4, pages 480-491.
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A. Jerry Bruce, Karyl Wade Beard, Stephanie Tedford, MarshaJ. Harman & Karon Tedford. (1997) African Americans' and Caucasian Americans' Recognition and Likability Responses to African American and Caucasian American Faces. The Journal of General Psychology 124:2, pages 143-156.
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StuartJ. McKelvie. (1997) The Availability Heuristic: Effects of Fame and Gender on the Estimated Frequency of Male and Female Names. The Journal of Social Psychology 137:1, pages 63-78.
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Helene Larose, Joanne Tracy & StuartJ. McKelvie. (1993) Effects of Gender on the Physical Attractiveness Stereotype. The Journal of Psychology 127:6, pages 677-680.
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StuartJ. McKelvie. (1987) Sex Differences, Lateral Reversal, and Pose as Factors in Recognition Memory for Photographs of Faces. The Journal of General Psychology 114:1, pages 13-37.
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SusanE. Mason. (1986) Age and gender as factors in facial recognition and identification. Experimental Aging Research 12:3, pages 151-154.
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Erika K. Fulton, Megan Bulluck & Christopher Hertzog. (2015) Orienting to face expression during encoding improves men's recognition of own gender faces. Acta Psychologica 161, pages 18-24.
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Ahmed M. Megreya, Markus Bindemann & Catriona Havard. (2011) Sex differences in unfamiliar face identification: Evidence from matching tasks. Acta Psychologica 137:1, pages 83-89.
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Johanna Lovén, Agneta Herlitz & Jenny Rehnman. (2011) Women’s Own-Gender Bias in Face Recognition Memory. Experimental Psychology 58:4, pages 333-340.
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Marta Picozzi, Viola Macchi Cassia, Chiara Turati & Elena Vescovo. (2009) The effect of inversion on 3- to 5-year-olds’ recognition of face and nonface visual objects. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 102:4, pages 487-502.
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Jennifer G. BoldryLowell Gaertner & Jeff Quinn. (2016) Measuring the Measures. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations 10:2, pages 157-178.
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Jenny Rehnman & Agneta Herlitz. (2007) Women remember more faces than men do. Acta Psychologica 124:3, pages 344-355.
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T. Bengner, C. Fortmeier, T. Malina, M. Lindenau, B. Voges, E. Goebell & S. Stodieck. (2006) Sex differences in face recognition memory in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy, patients with generalized epilepsy, and healthy controls. Epilepsy & Behavior 9:4, pages 593-600.
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Pamela M. Walker & Miles Hewstone. (2006) A perceptual discrimination investigation of the own‐race effect and intergroup experience. Applied Cognitive Psychology 20:4, pages 461-475.
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Johannes Hönekopp, Betsy Jane Becker & Frederick L. Oswald. (2006) The meaning and suitability of various effect sizes for structured rater × ratee designs.. Psychological Methods 11:1, pages 72-86.
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Tiffany A. Ito & Geoffrey R. Urland. (2005) The influence of processing objectives on the perception of faces: An ERP study of race and gender perception. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience 5:1, pages 21-36.
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Isabelle D. Cherney. (2005) Children's and adults' recall of sex-stereotyped toy pictures: Effects of presentation and memory task. Infant and Child Development 14:1, pages 11-27.
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Terrence G. Horgan, Marianne Schmid Mast, Judith A. Hall & Jason D. Carter. (2016) Gender Differences in Memory for the Appearance of Others. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 30:2, pages 185-196.
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Daniel B. Wright & Benjamin Sladden. (2003) An own gender bias and the importance of hair in face recognition. Acta Psychologica 114:1, pages 101-114.
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Catharina Lewin & Agneta Herlitz. (2002) Sex differences in face recognition—Women’s faces make the difference. Brain and Cognition 50:1, pages 121-128.
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Linda Mealey, Christopher Daood & Michael Krage. (1996) Enhanced memory for faces of cheaters. Ethology and Sociobiology 17:2, pages 119-128.
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A. Daniel Yarmey. (2006) Adult Age and Gender Differences in Eyewitness Recall in Field Settings 1 . Journal of Applied Social Psychology 23:23, pages 1921-1932.
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Roger L. Terry. (1993) How wearing eyeglasses affects facial recognition. Current Psychology 12:2, pages 151-162.
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Stuart J. McKelvie, Lionel Standing, Denise St. Jean & James Law. (2013) Gender differences in recognition memory for faces and cars: Evidence for the interest hypothesis. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society 31:5, pages 447-448.
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Stuart J. McKelvie. (1993) Stereotyping in perception of attractiveness, age, and gender in schematic faces. Social Behavior and Personality: An International Journal 21:2, pages 120-128.
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Graham Davies & Noelle Robertson. (2013) Recognition memory for automobiles: A developmental study. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society 31:2, pages 103-106.
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Stuart J. McKelvie & James Coley. (1993) EFFECTS OF CRIME SERIOUSNESS AND OFFENDER FACIAL ATTRACTIVENESS ON RECOMMENDED TREATMENT. Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal 21:4, pages 265-277.
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Stuart J. McKelvie. (1993) STEREOTYPING IN PERCEPTION OF ATTRACTIVENESS, AGE, AND GENDER IN SCHEMATIC FACES. Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal 21:2, pages 121-128.
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John R. Vokey & J. Don Read. (1992) Familiarity, memorability, and the effect of typicality on the recognition of faces. Memory & Cognition 20:3, pages 291-302.
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Randolph M. Nesse, Andrew Silverman & Alan Bortz. (1990) Sex differences in ability to recognize family resemblance. Ethology and Sociobiology 11:1, pages 11-21.
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Stuart J. McKelvie. (2016) The Role of Spectacles in Facial Memory: A Replication and Extension. Perceptual and Motor Skills 66:2, pages 651-658.
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Stuart J. Mc Kelvie. (2016) Recognition Memory for Faces with and without Spectacles. Perceptual and Motor Skills 65:3, pages 705-706.
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Malcolm D. Macleod & John W. Shepherd. (2016) Sex Differences in Eyewitness Reports of Criminal Assaults. Medicine, Science and the Law 26:4, pages 311-318.
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James C. Bartlett & Jo E. Leslie. (1986) Aging and memory for faces versus single views of faces. Memory & Cognition 14:5, pages 371-381.
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Stuart J. Mc Kelvie. (2016) Reported Visual Imagery for Faces and Facial Recognition Memory. Perceptual and Motor Skills 59:3, pages 825-826.
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