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Subjects studied facial photographs while comparing them with their actual self, ideal self, or some other person. A subsequent recognition task showed no memory differences due to the study tasks, although in each case photos judged similar were remembered better than those judged dissimilar. There were no apparent face memory differences due to scores on a self-awareness scale.
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Mueller, J.H., Ross, M.J. & Marx, M.H. Self-awareness in facial recognition. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 18, 145–147 (1981). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03333587
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03333587