Short-term memory for faces relates to general intelligence moderately
Short-term memory for faces relates to general intelligence moderately
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10.1016/j.intell.2016.05.001
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2016-07-01
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3
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Kilpatrick, Philippe
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Gignac, Gilles E.;Shankaralingam, Mahesh;Kilpatrick, Philippe
与少量调查相关的结果表明，剑桥面孔记忆测试(CFMT)测量的面孔记忆个体差异与智力无关。因此，面孔记忆被认为是一种特殊的结构，不同于其他认知能力。然而，之前的调查只用一到两个子测试来衡量智力。此外，以前调查所依据的样本量相对较小(N=45至80)。因此，在这项研究中，对相对较多的参与者(N=211)进行了一组八项认知能力测试和CFMT。根据相关因素模型，对面孔的记忆被发现与流体智力呈正相关(。29)、短时记忆(.23)和词汇知识能力(0.19)。此外，根据一个高阶模型，面孔的记忆被发现在0.34与g有关。这些结果被解释为表明，根据CFMT的测量，对面孔的记忆可能被描述为卡特尔-霍恩-卡罗尔(Cattell-Horn-Carroll，CHC)智力模型中相对典型的狭义认知能力，而不是一种特殊能力(即，独立于其他能力)。鼓励在面部识别能力测量方面有更大多样性的未来研究(例如，长期记忆)，因为CFMT是短期面部记忆能力的测量。(C)2016 Elsevier Inc.保留所有权利。
The results associated with a small number of investigations suggest that individual differences in memory for faces, as measured by the Cambridge Face Memory Test (CFMT), are independent of intelligence. Consequently, memory for faces has been suggested to be a special construct, unlike other cognitive abilities. However, previous investigations have measured intelligence with only one or two subtests. Additionally, the sample sizes upon which previous investigations were based were relatively small (N=45 to 80). Consequently, in this investigation, a battery of eight cognitive ability tests and the CFMT were administered to a relatively large number of participants (N=211). Based on a correlated-factor model, memory for faces was found to be correlated positively with fluid intelligence (. 29), short-term memory (. 23) and lexical knowledge ability (.19). Additionally, based on a higher-order model, memory for faces was found to be associated with g at .34. The results are interpreted to suggest that memory for faces, as measured by the CFMT, may be characterised as a relatively typical narrow cognitive ability within the Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) model of intelligence, rather than a special ability (i.e., independent of other abilities). Future research with a greater diversity in the measurement of face recognition ability is encouraged (e.g., long-term memory), as the CFMT is a measure of short-term face memory ability. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.