Older age is marginally associated with a greater response bias toward affirming faces as seen, independent of eye movement behavior¶
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q3 i? Exploratory analysis found larger response bias c correlated with older age (significant only with two age outliers removed) but not with eye movement pattern or consistency measures. → Zheng 2026
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Zheng 2026¶
Zheng, Y., Lo, T. W., Lau, E. Y., Eskes, G., Hui, L. L., & Hsiao, J. H. (2026). The Role of Eye Movement Consistency in Aging-Related Decline in Face Recognition. npj Science of Learning. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-026-00437-3
q3 · i? · associational · r2
Exploratory signal detection analysis of response criterion in the same sample. The article interprets the increased false alarm rate as potentially explained by a more liberal response bias toward categorizing faces as old, independent of visual selection processes indexed by eye movements.
"larger response bias c was correlated with older age (r(299) = .109, p = .061; p = .043 with two age outliers ), but not with eye movement pattern or consistency measures (ps > .300)"
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Related Claims¶
- Older age is associated with poorer face recognition: lower d′, higher false alarm rate, and longer response time — related
- Older age is associated with lower eye movement consistency in face recognition, reflected in higher overall entropy and C3 entropy — related
- A less eyes-focused pattern and lower eye movement consistency jointly predict poorer recognition beyond age and cognitive abilities — related
- C3 entropy partially mediates the relationship between age and face recognition performance — related
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aging-response-bias-toward-seen-faces-exploratory |
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Older age is marginally associated with a greater response bias toward affirming faces as seen, independent of eye movement behavior |
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Older age is marginally associated with a greater response bias toward affirming faces as seen, independent of eye movement behavior |
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2026 |
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by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-26 |
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