The Relationship Between Attractiveness and Recognition Memory for Faces
dc.contributor.advisor
MacKenzie, Graham
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dc.contributor.author
Kinsky, Alex
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dc.date.accessioned
2012-07-06T12:32:55Z
dc.date.available
2012-07-06T12:32:55Z
dc.date.issued
2011
dc.description.abstract
Previous
research
into
the
relationship
between
attractiveness
and
recognition
memory
for
faces
has
produced
no
conclusive
findings,
therefore
this
study
used
an
‘old’/’new’
recall
task
in
attempt
to
clarify
the
relationship.
The
debate
appears
to
be
linked
to
the
relationship
between
attractiveness
and
distinctiveness,
and
the
literature
surrounding
this
matter
is
discussed.
Participants
were
asked
to
rate
faces
for
attractiveness
and
then
at
a
later
stage
subjected
to
the
recognition
task.
Both
attractive
and
unattractive
faces
were
found
to
better
recognised
than
faces
rated
at
neither
end
of
the
attractiveness
spectrum.
Very
unattractive
faces
were
recognised
faster
than
attractive
faces.
There
were
also
an
effect
of
gender,
with
female
participants
performing
significantly
worse
than
males
when
it
came
to
recognising
very
unattractive
male
faces.
The
implications
of
all
of
these
results,
as
well
as
the
possible
reasons
why
other
studies
into
the
topic
area
have
not
reported
the
same
findings,
are
discussed.
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dc.identifier.uri
http://hdl.handle.net/1842/6077
dc.language.iso
en
dc.publisher
The University of Edinburgh
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dc.subject
Psychology
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dc.title
The Relationship Between Attractiveness and Recognition Memory for Faces
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dc.type
Thesis or Dissertation
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dc.type.qualificationlevel
Undergraduate
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dc.type.qualificationname
Undergraduate
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dcterms.accessRights
Restricted Access
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