Associative Memory and Trustworthiness of Artificial Faces in Young and Older Adults

Authors: KO Alberts, AD Castel

Published: 2025

Publication: Experimental Aging Research, 2025 - Taylor & Francis

Older adults perceive artificial faces as equally trustworthy as real faces, unlike young adults who find artificial faces less trustworthy, and older adults show no difference in memory accuracy between face types.

Methods: Participants viewed real and artificial faces associated with scam or neutral conditions, then rated trustworthiness and were tested on associative memory.

Key Findings: Associative memory and perceived trustworthiness of real and artificial faces across young and older adults.

Limitations: Limited exploration of the underlying cognitive mechanisms behind age-related differences in perceiving and remembering artificial faces.

Institution: University of California Los Angeles

Research Area: Cognitive Aging, Associative Memory, Trustworthiness of Artificial Faces,Human-AI Interaction, Psychology, Trust in AI

Discipline: Psychology,Psychobiology , Aging Research

Citations: 1