Face Recognition and Facial Ageing

Faces change in their appearance very slowly over time both in terms of their shape and texture: if you compare two images of the same person taken 40 years apart you will see they look quite different. We occasionally see photographs of our family and friends taken many years ago, however, in the context of our day-to-day interactions we usually have to recognise their current appearance. How does experience with a face at different ages affect our representations of faces stored in memory? The prospective PhD student will conduct a series of experiments with the aim to improve theoretical understanding of our mental representations for familiar faces and determine what happens to representations of familiar faces in healthy older adults. Interested applicants should contact Sarah Laurence to discuss the project in more detail, [Email Address Removed]

Applications are invited for this project, which will be considered alongside applications for other projects as well as applications within an ’open competition’. There are two studentships available in total.
For full details please see the studentship advert (FNS GS 2017-06) on http://www.keele.ac.uk/pgresearch/studentships/

Please quote FNS GS 2017-06 on your application.