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dc.contributor.authorMeinhardt, Günter-
dc.contributor.authorPersike, Malte-
dc.contributor.authorMeinhardt-Injac, Bozana-
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-04T09:36:08Z-
dc.date.available2022-10-04T09:36:08Z-
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.urihttps://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/7824-
dc.description.abstractIn studying holistic face processing across the life-span there are only few attempts to separate face-specific from general aging effects. Here we used the complete design of the composite paradigm (Cheung et al., 2008) with faces and novel non-face control objects (watches) to investigate composite effects in young (18–32 years) and older adults (63–78 years). We included cueing conditions to alert using a narrow or a wide attentional focus when comparing the composite objects, and used brief and relaxed exposure durations for stimulus presentation. Young adults showed large composite effects for faces, but none for watches. In contrast, older adults showed strong composite effects for faces and watches, albeit the effects were larger for faces. Moreover, composite effects for faces were larger for the wide attentional focus in both age groups, while the composite effects for watches of older adults were alike for both cueing conditions. Older adults showed low accuracy at the same levels for both types of stimuli when attended and non-attended halves were incongruent. Increasing presentation times improved performance strongly for congruent but not for incongruent composite objects. These findings suggest that the composite effects of older adults reflect substantial decline in the ability to control irrelevant stimuli, which takes effect both in non-face objects and in faces. In young adults, highly efficient attentional control mostly precludes interference of irrelevant features in novel objects, thus their composite effects reflect holistic integration specific for faces or objects of expertise.en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipDFG, Open Access-Publizieren Universität Mainz / Universitätsmedizinde
dc.language.isoengde
dc.rightsCC BY*
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subject.ddc150 Psychologiede_DE
dc.subject.ddc150 Psychologyen_GB
dc.titleThe composite effect is face-specific in young but not older adultsen_GB
dc.typeZeitschriftenaufsatzde
dc.identifier.doihttp://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-7809-
jgu.type.dinitypearticleen_GB
jgu.type.versionPublished versionde
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jgu.organisation.departmentFB 02 Sozialwiss., Medien u. Sportde
jgu.organisation.number7910-
jgu.organisation.nameJohannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz-
jgu.rights.accessrightsopenAccess-
jgu.journal.titleFrontiers in aging neurosciencede
jgu.journal.volume8de
jgu.pages.alternativeArt. 187de
jgu.publisher.year2016-
jgu.publisher.nameFrontiers Research Foundationde
jgu.publisher.placeLausannede
jgu.publisher.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2016.00187de
jgu.publisher.issn1663-4365de
jgu.organisation.placeMainz-
jgu.subject.ddccode150de
opus.date.modified2018-08-22T10:04:31Z
opus.subject.dfgcode00-000
opus.organisation.stringFB 02: Sozialwissenschaften, Medien und Sport: Psychologisches Institutde_DE
opus.identifier.opusid54758
opus.institute.number0204
opus.metadataonlyfalse
opus.type.contenttypeKeinede_DE
opus.type.contenttypeNoneen_EN
opus.affiliatedMeinhardt, Günter
opus.affiliatedPersike, Malte
opus.affiliatedMeinhardt-Injac, Bozana
jgu.publisher.doi10.3389/fnagi.2016.00187de
jgu.organisation.rorhttps://ror.org/023b0x485-
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