Development of voice recognition: Parallels with face recognition
Journal of Experimental Child PsychologyPublished 1 February 1979
Virginia A. Mann, Rhea Diamond, Susan Carey
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Encoding and subsequent recognition of unfamiliar voices was examined in children, aged 6 to 16, and in adults, and the course of development closely matches that recently documented for the ability to encode and recognize unfamiliar faces.
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Encoding and subsequent recognition of unfamiliar voices was examined in children, aged 6 to 16, and in adults. Performance changed markedly with age, improving sharply between ages 6 and 10, with 10-year-olds approaching adult levels. After age 10 accuracy declined significantly but returned to the adult level by age 14. The course of development closely matches that recently documented for the ability to encode and recognize unfamiliar faces. Several parallels between voice recognition and face recognition are discussed.
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