Face Recognition Memory Data Across the Lifespan N approx 60,000

This is data from Experiments 1-3 of Germine, Duchaine & Nakayama (2011) "Where cognitive development and aging meet: Face learning ability peaks after age 30" published in Cognition. In that paper, we show in three very large web-based samples that face recognition memory peaks in the early 30s, whereas similar domains of name recognition memory and inverted face recognition memory peak in the early 20s. Altogether, there are about 60,000 participants of data in these three files. The files have one line per subject, with age, gender, and scores on each of the three tests as proportion correct. For more information please see the original paper: http://www.lauragermine.org/articles/cognition2011.pdf

本数据集取自Germine、Duchaine与Nakayama（2011年）发表于《认知》（Cognition）期刊的论文《认知发展与衰老的交汇点：面部学习能力在30岁后达到顶峰》中的实验1至3的相关数据。在该研究中，我们依托三个超大规模网络样本开展实验，结果显示：面部再认记忆（face recognition memory）的峰值出现在30岁出头阶段，而姓名再认记忆与倒置面部再认记忆（inverted face recognition memory）这两类相近认知领域的记忆峰值则出现在20岁出头阶段。三份数据文件总计收录约6万名被试的实验数据。每份文件以单行为单位记录一名被试的完整信息，包含年龄、性别，以及三项测试各自的正确率得分（proportion correct）。如需了解更多细节，请查阅原论文：http://www.lauragermine.org/articles/cognition2011.pdf