TY  - JOUR
U1  - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed)
A1  - Olderbak, Sally
A1  - Hildebrandt, Andrea
A1  - Wilhelm, Oliver
T1  - Examining age-related shared variance between face cognition, vision, and self-reported physical health: a test of the common cause hypothesis for social cognition
JF  - Frontiers in Psychology
N2  - The shared decline in cognitive abilities, sensory functions (e.g., vision and hearing), and physical health with increasing age is well documented with some research attributing this shared age-related decline to a single common cause (e.g., aging brain). We evaluate the extent to which the common cause hypothesis predicts associations between vision and physical health with social cognition abilities specifically face perception and face memory. Based on a sample of 443 adults (17–88 years old), we test a series of structural equation models, including Multiple Indicator Multiple Cause (MIMIC) models, and estimate the extent to which vision and self-reported physical health are related to face perception and face memory through a common factor, before and after controlling for their fluid cognitive component and the linear effects of age. Results suggest significant shared variance amongst these constructs, with a common factor explaining some, but not all, of the shared age-related variance. Also, we found that the relations of face perception, but not face memory, with vision and physical health could be completely explained by fluid cognition. Overall, results suggest that a single common cause explains most, but not all age-related shared variance with domain specific aging mechanisms evident.
KW  - -
KW  - face perception
KW  - common cause hypothesis
KW  - fluid intelligence
KW  - immediate and delayed memory
KW  - MIMIC model
KW  - physical health
KW  - vision
KW  - face memory
Y1  - 2015
UN  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:9-opus-33083
SN  - 1664-1078
SS  - 1664-1078
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01189
DO  - https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01189
VL  - 6
PB  - Frontiers Media S.A.
ER  -